Email to my Father In Law

I have probably the best Father In Law on the planet. Robert Uyttenhove, is a great man. However, he does love to forward me email on a daily basis. Truthfully I don't usually read them however, this morning I did. Below is my response to this well intended forward I got from him. I think the reason stuff like this even gets forward is just because, as average Americans we don't totally understand the dynamics of some political issues and then our Politicians use that against us when creating or writing public policy.

My response to his email (you can read the email below my response)

This is good but its important to understand both sides of this coin. The argument to buy American to save jobs is a noble argument. But the greater issue has to do with why jobs aren't being produced here or why are those companies of which many are American, owned move facilities overseas. It ususally is not made off of the hourly wage difference. Take the CEO of Intel who recently said.




I would love to open a new manufacturing facility in California but it will cost us about $1 Billion dollars more to be located in California. That is not because of workers wage that is just because of higher government fees and taxes on our business model in the US. The Billion dollar cost will have to be paid before that new plant produces one Intel product.

quoted from memory


So the solution. In order to sale more products in the USA companies need to be more competative. Our government needs to allow these companies to be more competative. However as Americans we demand for such services as 113 weeks of unemployement, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Our government can't afford this, there isn't enough tax revenue coming in so they raise taxes on business because its easier to do than raise the tax on the people on main street. Then companies do one of two things they raise prices now to help compensate, but the unintended consequence is products from outside of the US are cheaper and therefore many American buy on price. Or they move overseas so they can operate on a more even playing field marketing to the US as their other International competitors.



Simply paying more for American although noble as it sounds is NOT the solution. That just allows the government to continue to raise taxes and fees on businesses. Businesses then raise their prices even further to compensate for this.



Instead if government allowed for businesses to grow and didn't not charge as much in business taxes and fees. Businesses can stay right here in the good ol USA, sale their products at a competative price with overseas competitors. Create more jobs, more jobs create more revenue in the form of taxes which will increase the governments income to better afford things like Unemployeement insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.

The email as it was forwarded:

Did you all see that Diane Sawyer has a special report coming up this week on this very subject. They removed


ALL items from a typical, middleclass family's home, that were not made in the USA.

There was hardly anything left besides the kitchen sink. Literally. During the special they are going to show truckloads

of items USA made being brought in to replace everything. And will be talking about how to find these items and the

difference in price etc. It was interesting that Diane said that if every American spent just $64 (more than normal) on USA

made items this year, it would create something like 200,000 new jobs.



Made ME think! Check the canned food too

I WAS BUYING FOOD THE OTHER DAY AT WALMART.

ON THE LABEL OF SOME PRODUCTS IT SAID 'FROM CHINA'.



FOR EXAMPLE THE "OUR FAMILY" BRAND OF THE MANDARIN ORANGES SAYS RIGHT ON THE CAN 'FROM CHINA'.



I WAS SHOCKED!! SO FOR A FEW MORE CENTS I BOUGHT THE LIBERTY GOLD BRAND OR THE DOLE SINCE IT'S FROM CALIF.



TAKES FOREVER JUST TO BUY FOOD AND DO LABEL READING ! !



Are we Americans as dumb as we appear --- or --- is it that we just do not think? While the Chinese, knowingly and

intentionally, export inferior and even toxic products and dangerous toys and goods to be sold in American markets.



Yet 70% of Americans believe that the trading privileges afforded to the Chinese should be suspended.



Well, duh..why do you need the government to suspend trading privileges?



SIMPLY DO IT YOURSELF, AMERICA!!



Simply look on the bottom of every product you buy, and if it says 'Made in China' or 'PRC' (and that now includes

Hong Kong ), simply choose another product, or none at all. You will be amazed at how dependent you are on Chinese

products, and you will be equally amazed at what you can do without.



Who needs plastic eggs to celebrate Easter? If you must have eggs, use real ones and benefit some American farmer. Easter

is just an example, the point is do not wait for the government to act.



Just go ahead and assume control on your own.



THINK ABOUT THIS: If 200 million Americans refuse to buy just $20 each of Chinese goods, that's a billion dollar trade

imbalance resolved in our favor...fast!!



The downside? Some American businesses will feel a temporary pinch from having foreign stockpiles of inventory.

Wahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!



The solution? Let's give them fair warning and send our own message. Most of the people who have been reading about this

matter are planning on implementing this on March. 4th and continue it until April.

4th That is only one month of trading losses, but it will hit the Chinese for 1/12th of the total, or 8%, of their American exports.

Then they will at least have to ask themselves if the benefits of their arrogance and lawlessness were worth it.



Remember, March. 4th to April. 4th



START NOW.



Send this to everybody you know. Let's show them that we are Americans and NOBODY can take us for granted.



If we can't live without cheap Chinese goods for one month out of our lives, WE DESERVE WHAT WE GET!



Pass it on!!!

(No I didn't pass it on, simply because its missleading and doesn't get to the heart of the issue)