Intro

USE IT UP, WEAR IT OUT. BUY AMERICAN, OR DO WITHOUT!

The every-day choices we make as consumers affect the health of American industry. As with any worthwhile discipline, such as a diet, in order to assure success, we need to learn to set manageable goals that we can live with. Although we each may feel a small part of the picture, together we can accomplish much. Especially as we educate and influence others as to how they can make a difference.

Please scroll to the bottom of the page for valuable Made in the USA links, including State-by-State. I also would like this blog to be intereactive, so please leave comments to let us know of your efforts to support the Buy American effort!

Consumer Choices

We all have need of goods and services.  The way we obtain the things we need affects our economy and our nation's health.  Our influence can come in the form of thoughtfully making a purchase or abstaining from a particular purchase.  Here are some options you may consider:

  1. Share with others what you learn and the choices you are making.
  2. Buy from a producer you know or who is near your home.
  3. Buy items produced in your state.
  4. Begin to read labels and only buy items made in the U.S.A.
  5. If you produce a product, attempt to use American-made materials and advertise those efforts.

If an item is not produced domestically:


  1. Are you willing to do without it?
  2. Can an alternative product made in the U.S.A. work for you?
  3. Can you help this item to be produced in the U.S.A.?
  4. Can you make it yourself?
  5. Can you make a shared purchase -- such as asking the library to purchase an imported book, to lessen the impact?
  6. Can you purchase the imported item used?  Lots of resources on line.  Buying used items locally provides jobs and supports charitable organizations.  Yard sales help families.
  7. Consider which countries you consider "friendly" or "acceptable" to trade with and buy the item if available from them.
  8. If buying a product from a "hostile" country seems unavoidable, attempt to patronize a local entrepreneur, rather than a large franchise that carries mostly imported items.
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