One Light Bulb At A Time

[FOTD]

My first statistics class discussed the value of planned obsolescence to corporations like GE who could manufacture bulbs cutting their life span with science to shorten longevity. It's part of the corporate creed. We should demand quality over quantity, American over foreign... From my email:


One Light Bulb at a Time

"A physics teacher in high school, once told the

students that while one grasshopper on the railroad tracks wouldn't

slow a train very much, a billion of them would. With that thought

in mind, read the following, obviously written by a good American ..


Good idea .. . . one light bulb at a time . . . .


Check this out . I can verify this because I was in Lowe's the other day for

some reason and just for the heck of it I was looking at the hose

attachments. They were all made in China . The next day I was in Ace

Hardware and just for the heck of it I checked the hose

attachments there. They were made in USA . Start looking ..


In our current economic situation, every little thing we buy or do affects

someone else - even their job. So, after reading this email, I think this

lady is on the right track. Let's get behind her!


My grandson likes Hershey's candy. I noticed, though, that it is marked

made in Mexico now. I do not buy it any more.

My favorite toothpaste Colgate is made in Mexico ... now

I have switched to Crest. You have to read the labels on everything ..

This past weekend I was at Kroger. I needed 60 W light bulbs and Bounce
dryer sheets. I was

in the light bulb aisle, and right next to the GE brand I normally buy was
an off-brand

labeled, "Everyday Value." I picked up both types of bulbs and compared the
stats -


they were the same except for the price..


The GE bulbs were more money than the Everyday Value brand but the

thing that surprised me the most was the fact that GE was made in MEXICO

and the Everyday Value brand was made in - get ready for this - the USA in

a company in Cleveland , Ohio .


So throw out the myth that you cannot find products you use every day that

are made right here..


So on to another aisle - Bounce Dryer Sheets....yep, you guessed it,

Bounce cost more money and is made in Canada . The Everyday Value

brand was less money and MADE IN THE USA! I did laundry yesterday

and the dryer sheets performed just like the Bounce Free I have been using

for years and at almost half the price!


My challenge to you is to start reading the labels when you shop for

everyday things and see what you can find that is made in the USA - the

job you save may be your own or your neighbors!


If you accept the challenge, pass this on to others in your address book so

we can all start buying American, one light bulb at a time! Stop buying

from overseas companies!


(We should have awakened a decade ago)


Let's get with the program.....help our fellow Americans keep their jobs and
create more jobs here in the USA

I Passed this on ......... will you? "

While shopping in a distant city during the holidaze, FOTD refused to buy any merchandise with "made in China" on it....he came home virtually empty handed. Designer clothes were the best example of relabeling. Sad state of affairs...