Made in the USA?

I was recently inspired by a news story about a family who removed everything from their home that was not American made and replaced foreign made goods with American products.

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/MadeInAmerica

In particular I found three things interesting. They had no television because there are NO American made TVs. Also, their young daughter's American Girl doll was, in fact, made in China. That was somewhat ironic and pretty disappointing. As much as you pay for those things you figure they could at least make them here. Lastly, I was pretty horrified with how much they had to remove from their home to get all the "Made In China" stuff out. The house looked empty.

So I decided to look around my house and see where some of our stuff was made. At first I was shocked, then honestly, a little creeped out. After looking for 30 minutes, I found one product that was made in the U.S.A. :

Everything else was made in China - dishes, coffee mugs, toys, anything plastic, etc. It was pretty shocking.

While I think it is unrealistic to buy only American made products (at least right now), I have decided to at least look on bottom before I buy and be a little more conscious of what I am purchasing.


If you are interested in "buying American", here are a few links that can help:

http://www.stillmadeinusa.com/

http://www.madeinusa.com/


http://www.madeintheusabyamericans.blogspot.com/