How do buying American-made products benefit Americans? And possibly an even more important question is how? These are two questions that I will answer here today, in this article. The facts provided here establish a path that leads to a better America.
Products made in the United States benefit all Americans because they are products made within our country’s borders; they are made by other Americans, employed by different companies that hire Americans to work, which in turn means jobs for Americans, something we desperately need. Small businesses make up a larger percentage of businesses in the United States than any other sector, and businesses should be able to keep American employees without having to struggle. Many small businesses have moved their jobs and production overseas due to rising costs and the added economic strain of keeping them in the United States. There are some who have stayed despite the economic crisis due to foresight. Small businesses employ a large part of this country, manufacturing and producing many of our country’s services, the more the better. It’s getting harder and harder to keep it that way, when big companies start outsourcing to India, China and everywhere else, their production and labor costs go down considerably. By subcontracting for cheaper labor and cheaper material, you in turn get a cheaper unsafe product; a product that not only does not stand the test of time, but is also dangerous.
There has been a growing trend of companies returning work to the United States called “relocation.” Many large and some small companies have begun to move jobs to the United States after having outsourced thousands of jobs to communist China, Russia, India, and Mexico. during the last decade. This story was highlighted on a CNN broadcast of Lou Dobbs Tonight. Two companies featured, including Southern California-based Exxela and Professional Choice, a company that specializes in splints, boots and other horse-related products. This is good news for all Americans, but there are also some companies that have never outsourced but fought to stay here in America because of the positive effect it has on our economy when Americans buy and sell products made here in America by Americans. .
The problem with these two companies is that they outsourced overseas and are only now trying to bring their manufacturing jobs back to the United States. With an 11.5 percent unemployment rate, Americans desperately need jobs. I know there are many small businesses that never outsourced their jobs overseas to help America, even though they fought to do so, they knew it would benefit America in the long run. Lou Dobbs tonight also highlighted the fact that the US government, the US Chamber of Commerce needs to do more to encourage the growth of manufacturing jobs in the United States, and that’s true. .
Jeff Immelt, CEO of GE, one of the pioneers of outsourcing according to Lou Dobbs tonight, said the national goal for the United States should be to bring back 20 percent of manufacturing jobs in the United States, about twice the current percentage. There are many different paths and barriers to getting jobs back, and the reasons why they were sent abroad in the first place. The main reason would be to cut costs and create products at a much lower cost to the company, and in doing so it hurts America.
The benefit of keeping Americans employed is that they will inevitably pay back the United States by buying goods. It is good news for all Americans, especially the middle class, that companies are moving jobs to the United States to “relocate” them. The harsh reality is that most companies should never have outsourced in the first place; because we all know those jobs were once filled by someone in America who suddenly found her job in India.
So how does it benefit the United States to keep American jobs and sell products made in the United States by Americans? I hope that the answer is obvious and that we all strive to support these types of companies.
