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Post by OLKoot on May 14, 2011 3:04:51 GMT 12.75
Watch What You Buy ...
FOR EXAMPLE THE "OUR FAMILY" BRAND OF THE MANDARIN ORANGES SAYS RIGHT ON THE CAN FROM CHINA.. SO FOR A FEW MORE CENTS I BOUGHT THE LIBERTY GOLD BRAND OR THE DOLE IS FROM CALIFORNIA . ALL "HIGH LINER" AND MOST OTHER FROZEN FISH PRODUCTS COME FROM CHINA OR INDONESIA . THE PACKAGE MAY SAY " PACIFIC SALMON" ON THE FRONT, BUT LOOK FOR THE SMALL PRINT. MOST OF THESE PRODUCTS COME FROM FISH FARMS IN THE ORIENT AND THERE ARE NO REGULATIONS ON WHAT IS FED TO THESE FISH. ALSO WATCH FOR PICKLES. A LOT OF THENO-NAME PICKLES COME FROM INDIA . BICK'S HAVE RECENTLY CEASED OPERATIONS IN CANADA -- DON'T BUY THEM .
Another example was in canned mushrooms. No-Name brand came from Indonesia. Next to them were President Choice brand. Produce of Canada!! The P. C. went into my grocery bag. Also check thoselittle fruit cups we give our children. They were once made here in Canada in the Niagara region until about 2 years ago....They are now packaged in China !!!!
While the Chinese export inferior and even toxic products and dangerous toys and goods to be sold in North American markets, the media wrings its hands and criticizes the Government Administration for perceived errors.
Yet 70% of North Americans believe that the trading privileges afforded to the Chinese should be suspended.
Well, duh.Why do you need the government to suspend trading privileges?
SIMPLY DO IT YOURSELF NORTH AMERICA!! Simply look on the bottom of every product you buy, and if it says 'Made in China ' or 'PRC' (and that now includes Hong Kong), simply choose another product, or none at all. You will be amazed at how dependent you are on Chinese products, and you will be equally amazed at what you can do without.
Who needs plastic eggs to celebrate Easter? If you must have eggs, use real ones and benefit some North American farmer. Easter is just an example; the point is not waiting for the government to act.. Just go ahead and assume control on your own.
Canadian Thermos bottleswere made here for many years.. Thermos sold out in the 1990's and now the bottles, those keep our food warm or cold are now made in CHINA . We lost---about 200 jobs!
THINK ABOUT THIS, If 200 million North Americans refuse to buy just $20 each of Chinese goods, that's a billion dollar trade imbalance resolved in our favour...fast!!
The downside? Some Canadian/American businesses will feel a temporary pinch from having foreign stockpiles of inventory.
Just one month of trading losses, will hit the Chinese for 1/12th of the total, or 8%, of their North American exports. Then they will at least have to ask themselves if the benefits of their arrogance and lawlessness were worth it.
START NOW and don’t stop.
Send this to everybody you know. Let's show them that we are intelligent people, and NOBODY can take us for granted.
If we can't live without cheap Chinese goods for one month out of our lives, WE DESERVE WHAT WE GET! Pass it on, North America !!
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Post by Paws on May 14, 2011 4:00:13 GMT 12.75
Watch What You Buy ... FOR EXAMPLE THE "OUR FAMILY" BRAND OF THE MANDARIN ORANGES SAYS RIGHT ON THE CAN FROM CHINA.. SO FOR A FEW MORE CENTS I BOUGHT THE LIBERTY GOLD BRAND OR THE DOLE IS FROM CALIFORNIA . ALL "HIGH LINER" AND MOST OTHER FROZEN FISH PRODUCTS COME FROM CHINA OR INDONESIA . THE PACKAGE MAY SAY " PACIFIC SALMON" ON THE FRONT, BUT LOOK FOR THE SMALL PRINT. MOST OF THESE PRODUCTS COME FROM FISH FARMS IN THE ORIENT AND THERE ARE NO REGULATIONS ON WHAT IS FED TO THESE FISH. ALSO WATCH FOR PICKLES. A LOT OF THENO-NAME PICKLES COME FROM INDIA . BICK'S HAVE RECENTLY CEASED OPERATIONS IN CANADA -- DON'T BUY THEM . Another example was in canned mushrooms. No-Name brand came from Indonesia. Next to them were President Choice brand. Produce of Canada!! The P. C. went into my grocery bag. Also check thoselittle fruit cups we give our children. They were once made here in Canada in the Niagara region until about 2 years ago....They are now packaged in China !!!! While the Chinese export inferior and even toxic products and dangerous toys and goods to be sold in North American markets, the media wrings its hands and criticizes the Government Administration for perceived errors. Yet 70% of North Americans believe that the trading privileges afforded to the Chinese should be suspended. Well, duh.Why do you need the government to suspend trading privileges? SIMPLY DO IT YOURSELF NORTH AMERICA!! Simply look on the bottom of every product you buy, and if it says 'Made in China ' or 'PRC' (and that now includes Hong Kong), simply choose another product, or none at all. You will be amazed at how dependent you are on Chinese products, and you will be equally amazed at what you can do without. Who needs plastic eggs to celebrate Easter? If you must have eggs, use real ones and benefit some North American farmer. Easter is just an example; the point is not waiting for the government to act.. Just go ahead and assume control on your own. Canadian Thermos bottleswere made here for many years.. Thermos sold out in the 1990's and now the bottles, those keep our food warm or cold are now made in CHINA . We lost---about 200 jobs! THINK ABOUT THIS, If 200 million North Americans refuse to buy just $20 each of Chinese goods, that's a billion dollar trade imbalance resolved in our favour...fast!! The downside? Some Canadian/American businesses will feel a temporary pinch from having foreign stockpiles of inventory. Just one month of trading losses, will hit the Chinese for 1/12th of the total, or 8%, of their North American exports. Then they will at least have to ask themselves if the benefits of their arrogance and lawlessness were worth it. START NOW and don’t stop. Send this to everybody you know. Let's show them that we are intelligent people, and NOBODY can take us for granted. If we can't live without cheap Chinese goods for one month out of our lives, WE DESERVE WHAT WE GET! Pass it on, North America !! No we can't Koot! Our diabetes medicine is made in China!
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Post by OLKoot on May 14, 2011 6:33:09 GMT 12.75
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Post by Toby Benoit on May 14, 2011 11:31:49 GMT 12.75
There's an awful lot that we can do to cut down on buying imported goods, especially food stuffs. Help save the American farmer and what industries we have left. Buy Americanwhen you can!!!
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Post by Snake Eyes on May 15, 2011 2:38:43 GMT 12.75
Toby, You know what I do.....and it is becoming harder and harder to find "Made in the USA". Very hard on hard goods,and becoming harder on food products. Even items that say "Made in the USA",don't mean it was not packaged and sent back from Mexico.. You just can't always blame Mexico or any other country for our trade problems.They are just doing a better job,than we are. Until the US gets serious about trade tariffs,expect nothing to change. NAFTA was and is a joke,for Americans.IMHO
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Post by Toby Benoit on May 15, 2011 10:07:52 GMT 12.75
NAFTA...oh yeah, another huge political clusterf*ck!!!
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Post by Paws on May 15, 2011 21:19:26 GMT 12.75
NAFTA is frightening! Nothing but exported and legalized slavery. Under the guise of "keeping prices down" (the true objective is to keep profits up), our US corporations have set up slave labor camps in "Free Trade" zones where unskilled blue collar labor is abundant and is literally working folk to death for pennies. Reports of mistreatment, rapes, abductions, and assaults are rampant where these slave factories have sprung up. Any more questions as to why our fearless leaders want to let illegals in? I thought Lincoln abolished slavery!
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Post by RogueWarrior1957 on May 16, 2011 14:33:01 GMT 12.75
NAFTA = Not Advantageous For The Americans
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Post by brittonfaith on May 16, 2011 17:05:46 GMT 12.75
Was making a couple pizzas for the guys this evening and noticed that even mushroom stems and pieces are sure enough products of China. And no. I didn't buy these at Wal-Mart. And no. There was not another brand available to choose from. Give me a break!!!!!
I'm positive that there are enough highly qualified, dislocated American farmers who would work a mushroom farm. After all, they've (we've) been kept in the dark and had to deal with manure all our lives.
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Post by Snake Eyes on May 17, 2011 1:11:25 GMT 12.75
Faith, Just checked my cupboard.....I have four cans of mushroom stems and pieces,marked as Kroger's brand....All marked,but not for old eyes to see! Product of Indonesia.We should do better with fresh rooms.I enjoy the fresh portables and the white small rooms.I will check my next purchase on them both at Krogers..As to where they may have come from. John
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Post by brittonfaith on May 17, 2011 8:44:30 GMT 12.75
fresh portables and the white small rooms. You sure they'll let you out of that small white room long enough to use the portable? Good to hear they're at least keeping it clean.
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Post by Snake Eyes on May 18, 2011 0:23:43 GMT 12.75
Faith, Well, with that analogy,I may never eat another mushroom.....NOT!!!! Only the ones in front of me. John
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Post by Paws on May 18, 2011 5:27:24 GMT 12.75
;D ;D ;D I mean what the heck? Splenda is worm poop so Chinese mushrooms can't be much worse. If our farmers want to grow shrooms for eatin' rather than lickin' or smokin' I'll buy them.
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Post by Toby Benoit on May 18, 2011 8:18:15 GMT 12.75
I've seen them slave labor/slum camps down in the glades. The sugar companies own tens of thousands of acres in cane and the only way to harvest it is by hand. Mexicans and haitians seem to be the largest make up of the population. The company has about ten acres of side by side singlewide mobile homes with two and three families living in each trailer. The one park in Labelle even has a Comp'ny Sto for these folks to buy on credit and they cash their checks there at the Sto and the money comes right out. I also know that the places have been busted several times for running a brothel in one of the trailers with whores as young as thirteen servicing the workers...reportedly also on credit towards their next checks....BIG deal in the news around here not long ago as the ACLU was investigating. But...it keeps the prices of domestic sugar affordable and the profit marging for the BIG SUGAR companies soaring!
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Post by brittonfaith on May 18, 2011 9:37:17 GMT 12.75
Sounds like those camps I saw up in Wisconsin. Acres of trailers with the interior walls removed, windows either boarded or barred over, padlocked at night, and surrounded by 10 ft high razor wire. Up to 75 workers on bunk beds in each one of them. Not just Mexicans and Haitians, but Asians, Native Americans, Blacks and Whites!! Seemed the only group I didn't see in the camps were Middle Easterns.
Don't know if I agree with sugar prices being held down by their slave practices. I'm sure those sugar companies are making a nice profit though. Have you priced sugar lately?? Damned near worse than gas prices. $2.75 - $2.90 for a 4# bag around here! It's hard to even find a 5# bag. But when I do, the price is up between $3.80 - $4.50. This ol' gal sure ain't gonna be making very much jam, pie, cobblers, cakes or wine no time soon!!
Every bag of sugar, gallon of gas, or piece of Chinese imported garbage is that much more that I can put towards catching up the mortgage, truck payment, electric bill, or insurance.
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Post by Paws on May 18, 2011 21:02:03 GMT 12.75
Sounds like those camps I saw up in Wisconsin. Acres of trailers with the interior walls removed, windows either boarded or barred over, padlocked at night, and surrounded by 10 ft high razor wire. Up to 75 workers on bunk beds in each one of them. Not just Mexicans and Haitians, but Asians, Native Americans, Blacks and Whites!! Seemed the only group I didn't see in the camps were Middle Easterns. Don't know if I agree with sugar prices being held down by their slave practices. I'm sure those sugar companies are making a nice profit though. Have you priced sugar lately?? Damned near worse than gas prices. $2.75 - $2.90 for a 4# bag around here! It's hard to even find a 5# bag. But when I do, the price is up between $3.80 - $4.50. This ol' gal sure ain't gonna be making very much jam, pie, cobblers, cakes or wine no time soon!! Every bag of sugar, gallon of gas, or piece of Chinese imported garbage is that much more that I can put towards catching up the mortgage, truck payment, electric bill, or insurance. Yep sugar is going up but it will be down shortly. All the corn is going into gasahol and the food industry is doing away with high fructose corn syrup so sugar is back in and bigger than ever. Corn prices , food that is, will be sky rocketing too but as trade with Cuba opens sugar should drop. Oh and so should Cohiba prices.
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Post by Toby Benoit on May 19, 2011 10:25:31 GMT 12.75
Dominican Cohiba's (damn fine smoke) is only a couple bucks each. Youcan get a 25 count box WITH a cheap cedar humidor for $55.00 at Thompson Cigar online. Been smoking the Arturo Fuente's lately, they have one named after Hemmingway with a mild maduro wrapper that's don to four bucks each! Real beauties!
Of course, I only indulge once a month anymore. But I do so enjoy them! For everyday smoking, which I've cut WAY back on, Backwoods brand cheroots are the way to go at around $.60 cents each.
Sugar? They've been having record profits for the last decade and the Cuban sugar market isn't about to put much of a dent in it. And yeah Faith, these camps down there do have the razor wire boundaries.
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