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To: af_vet_rr
I know people have the right to buy cheap goods, but what are they gaining in the long run by saving a quarter on a bag of chips or a couple of dollars on a shirt or whatever?

Apparently you know no families that clip coupons to get by.

35 posted on 12/09/2003 2:29:43 PM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does)
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To: presidio9
Apparently you know no families that clip coupons to get by.

Yes I do, I was asking a rhetorical question that went over some heads. There was an excellent thread/post that I should have bookmarked a while back that got into it a lot better than I could have. It was basically about the fact that we maybe saving money here and there, but if we buy less and less American made goods, and more Chinese/etc. made goods, in the long run it hurts everybody in some way (the thread got into the economics, how we'd pay higher taxes to cover the lost income/taxes from people losing their jobs, American companies going under, etc.).

I know there are plenty that have to buy/shop as cheaply as possible, I'm fortunate enough (and willing) to be able to pay a little bit more for something if I knew it was American made.

198 posted on 12/10/2003 6:58:20 AM PST by af_vet_rr
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