Your proposal is OK I guess.
Except that I cannot “get” a lot of the stuff I need locally. So, I have to get in the car and drive 40 minutes to the nearest asupplier—where they don’t have it in stock. They can “order it for me.”
And they probably will get it from Amazon and jack up the price 40%.
Does your plan include avoiding big box stores who have put the small local stores out of business too?
You see, the plan sounds good—but chances are you are not going to “save” anyone. The marketplace has spoken. It has spoken loudly.
Capitalism is a brutal master.
This.
I applaud Made In America.
Strangely enough, living in the geographic middle of the United States, shopping brick and mortar leaves much to be desired. 45 min drive to Walmart aint gonna happen. Amazon and its merchants have been getting things right the last few months. This will surely cease once the holiday season is upon us.
We have found out the hidey holes of American commerce here and there locally and give them our business as often as we can. Birthdays and Christmas gifts are purchased with a plan, year round, to avoid the murderous stampedes and idiots phone shopping in the toy store to save $0.49.
The Air Force Marching Band was at our local HS auditorium 4 days ago. Kicking myself for missing that one!