Reply #155: Yup, exactly. [View All]

[appal_jack]

I feel fortunate to be doing a little better than absolutely flat broke. In my case, I have to be careful what I spend, and still I might be two paychecks away from poverty and foreclosure at best. That's with no kids and few luxuries. Not a particularly comfortable situation for someone in his thirties, but is anyone other than the top elite really comfortable these days?

Regardless of where we each are at financially, the point of my post above is that collective and policy-oriented action is what has the potential to improve the jobs, manufacturing, and overall economic pictures for us Americans. Where one shops can bring a sense of self-satisfaction, and perhaps have a localized positive impact; but that's about the most one can hope for. A few people taking some buy-American pledge is not policy-oriented collective action in any sense of the phrase.

Given that both parties have been bought & paid for by the globalist-corporatists for at least the past 40 years, the best we can look forward to is a long struggle to correct matters. Meanwhile, we each gotta eat, put tires on our cars, etc. For the record, I am not a purist. I buy American when I can, but my latest pair of workboots are "Rocky," which like most, are made in China. I do darken the doors of Wal Mart now and then when they are the only place I can fill a need, or economic circumstances dictate, or whatever.

Individually, we do the best we can. No apologies necessary. And bashing individuals only serves to divide us, when more unity and concerted action is most needed.

-app