By: Daniel Nardini
As we pass this year’s Labor Day, the employment numbers do not make it look like much of a holiday to celebrate. Job growth in August was zero. Unemployment remains officially at 9.1 percent and it does not seem to be changing any time soon. There seems to be no end to the recession, and according to economic experts if we as a nation are to get out of the current situation we are in we must have at least 100,000 jobs created every month for five years.
These numbers do not give much confidence to so many Americans who are either barely making ends meet or are on the unemployment line struggling to find work. U.S. President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress are “trying” to come up with a plan to create jobs. Lots of luck to them. There are no easy solutions to creating jobs for Americans. Yet, there may be one partial solution, and it has been emphasized by many small businesses—buy “Made in U.S.A.”
There is a certain logic to it. If individual Americans spend on average $64 a week or two on all non-food consumer products made in U.S.A. then that will help fuel demand for such products. In turn this will help small businesses and help them not only keep their present worker staff but eventually hire more workers when demand grows. Also think of what this means for countless towns and cities. More businesses that open and grow and have their products made in U.S.A. will in the end mean our urban and suburban and yes rural communities will be able to pay revenue again and this in turn will reverse the decline in our local and state physical infrastructure.
Buying made in U.S.A. will not only help Americans work again but give them pride in pulling themselves out of poverty, help them provide more for their families, and actually give their children a chance to go on to higher education. Businesses that make products right here in the United States generally follow better safety standards, make better quality products, and certainly hire locally. Local businesses also have the positive element of filling in long abandoned empty store fronts which generate revenue for towns and cities in economic decline. Those workers who are employed again can pay property taxes and bring in more revenues for local and state governments in desperate need of cash.
I know, people may ask, “where do I go to buy things made in U.S.A.?” Many of our stores are stocked with consumer goods made primarily overseas, and finding anything made in U.S.A. may become a serious manhunt and a major headache people do not want to spend hours of their time doing. I understand this. I can offer another partial solution to this. There is a website called www.madeinusaforever.com that lists 2600 products made in the United States by 2300 family-owned American companies. For all my readers, let us make everyday a labor day where we can all be proud of who we as a people and nation are!
Make Everyday A Labor Day
By: Daniel Nardini
These numbers do not give much confidence to so many Americans who are either barely making ends meet or are on the unemployment line struggling to find work. U.S. President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress are “trying” to come up with a plan to create jobs. Lots of luck to them. There are no easy solutions to creating jobs for Americans. Yet, there may be one partial solution, and it has been emphasized by many small businesses—buy “Made in U.S.A.”
There is a certain logic to it. If individual Americans spend on average $64 a week or two on all non-food consumer products made in U.S.A. then that will help fuel demand for such products. In turn this will help small businesses and help them not only keep their present worker staff but eventually hire more workers when demand grows. Also think of what this means for countless towns and cities. More businesses that open and grow and have their products made in U.S.A. will in the end mean our urban and suburban and yes rural communities will be able to pay revenue again and this in turn will reverse the decline in our local and state physical infrastructure.
Buying made in U.S.A. will not only help Americans work again but give them pride in pulling themselves out of poverty, help them provide more for their families, and actually give their children a chance to go on to higher education. Businesses that make products right here in the United States generally follow better safety standards, make better quality products, and certainly hire locally. Local businesses also have the positive element of filling in long abandoned empty store fronts which generate revenue for towns and cities in economic decline. Those workers who are employed again can pay property taxes and bring in more revenues for local and state governments in desperate need of cash.
I know, people may ask, “where do I go to buy things made in U.S.A.?” Many of our stores are stocked with consumer goods made primarily overseas, and finding anything made in U.S.A. may become a serious manhunt and a major headache people do not want to spend hours of their time doing. I understand this. I can offer another partial solution to this. There is a website called www.madeinusaforever.com that lists 2600 products made in the United States by 2300 family-owned American companies. For all my readers, let us make everyday a labor day where we can all be proud of who we as a people and nation are!