[irv]

"Buy American" is nothing more than a restatement of the commandment to "pay no attention to that man behind the curtain", IMO...

I often run into the same thing on a smaller scale. People say, "buy local." Around here, it's "buy Kodak, because it helps keep your neighbors employed."

But I can buy a product of exactly the same quality for a third the price from Fuji or Canon (depending on the product) and my neighbors are getting laid off right and left, even in those relatively few periods when Kodak makes a profit. So, why am I supposed to buy American again?

[SBprone]

Yeah, get your wedding pictures printed on Kodak paper, even if it is known to fade out in a few years. Or you could use Fuji to make colorfast prints and pay less money too. I don't know if Kodak has fixed this problem yet, but it was a case of not having an acceptable American alternative at any price.

[general_re]

You must be in Rochester - I think that E-6 is the only thing keeping Kodak in business ;)

People say "Buy American." I say, "Make something worth buying, American."

[mapleleafrag]

gee, you must be from rochester ny. i am a contract (read temp; no benefits/insurance) worker at xerox and am at the end of my 18 mos. from what i can see, anyone with potential is not hired permanently. those who fill a quota or those who are already permanently hired, do not work hard and do a shoddy job. while on this job, i have been named employee of the month 7 times and have won 20 awards for my outstanding work skills, but will not see permanent employment here. they are retraining new temps to backfill the jobs that the old temps will be out of. this is an expense of over $30K per head. they will just keep the dead wood on and keep rehiring newbies until the whole place folds.