nootka
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It is nearing Halloween and the other holidays upcoming where traditionally, a lot of candy is purchased.
PLEASE check the labels on these candies and if it's not apparent where it's made, leave it on the shelves, let the stores know you do not want to eat candy from China or other unsafe countries, and also we do not want our children eating these foods made in countries where their manufacturing safety is suspect.
I don't think our country can possibly police all of their infractions. China's pollution factor is so huge that it IS affecting our country even if we don't import their loads of "junk" for lack of a better term.
There is evidence of the melamine-tainted milk products still for sale on shelves in stores in this country.
Remember, the melamine poison was what was found originally in the pet foods that started much of the notice to China's terrible habits for sneaking toxins in (melamine tests like protein, so they add it to boost protein rating cheaply). How many of our pets died because of this?
Toys are full of lead, other things are unsafe, and that's not even all: our money is leaving our country as our jobs dwindle.
We all want things so cheaply, we want lots of 'em and we don't care that our new shirt will look horrible after four or five washings. It only cost us $4.88!
The way the economy is looking, the markets and credit is plunging, it looks like we may well lose our two top auto manufacturers to China and/or Japan: Ford and GM are struggling. It's our own faults.
Sorry for the soap box, these are frightening times, and we all need to slow down and realize that we probably have "enough" of many things, we don't need a dozen new pairs of shoes in a years' time, not when 3 or 4 are plenty, or maybe even less.
I know I've been guilty, myself, but I have never purchased an overseas-manufactured car or truck, and I am focused on buying only from USA manufacturers who use USA origin products OR from other countries with a conscience. I am not discriminating against any country only the methods used by big business to cheat us all out of our security by bleeding us dry one by one.
The time has long since past that we need to read labels and re-think how we spend our money.
This started out as a warning about candy/food items, but it's also a reason to pause for thought if you think it's not dangerous to continuously feed more money into the big box stores, they are sending it right to China, who holds most of our debt.
Yes, it's tough to find everything we need or want here in the US, but it's time we made an effort to re-invest in our own local communities and stop funding the greedy middleman.
Links to stories about the tainted milk:
FDA: Avoid coffees, candy made in China
Made in China: Melamine-tainted candy still on shelves in Utah
I think our country suffers from something I have heard called consumerism. We want so much, we can't wait to have it, yet we tire of it quickly and throw it out, move on to the next. Nothing is purchased for its ability to fill a purpose for a long term, and we can't wait to get it out of the way for the next purchase.
My one comparison for now is Breyer horses. They used to be made here in the USA, then they shipped them overseas to China. The quality went way downhill. They may have fixed some of the quality problems, but now they just sell tons of them in so many colors and the prices are not that great. I quit buying them when they shipped overseas. I don't see them being "special" in any way, anymore. If I want a nice horse sculpture, I will save my money (maybe about three or four Breyer's worth) and buy something truly special: an artist resin. Sculpted, painted and often molded right here by an artist or service here in the US. Keeping my money as close to where I live as I can.
I realize I've gotten way off-topic, here, but many of you know I've been passionate about this for a long time.
Think about where your money goes, and how much of it's spent on things we really don't need, or impulse items.
Check labels...make your voice heard to the stores you shop, the manufacturers you buy from.
I realize this is an international forum, and I mean no offense to other countries, but I think you can see the situation this country (USA) is in, and can sympathize on some scale in similar manner.
Last year I bought toys from Canada, USA, Germany, Britain, Australia, Finland and others I can't remember, but I avoided all but a small few of my purchases from China. The ones that were made from there were video games.
That's about it from me on this soap box....
Back to the politics! (which I've only been reading, not commenting on. No matter who gets in, we're in trouble!)
Liz
PLEASE check the labels on these candies and if it's not apparent where it's made, leave it on the shelves, let the stores know you do not want to eat candy from China or other unsafe countries, and also we do not want our children eating these foods made in countries where their manufacturing safety is suspect.
I don't think our country can possibly police all of their infractions. China's pollution factor is so huge that it IS affecting our country even if we don't import their loads of "junk" for lack of a better term.
There is evidence of the melamine-tainted milk products still for sale on shelves in stores in this country.
Remember, the melamine poison was what was found originally in the pet foods that started much of the notice to China's terrible habits for sneaking toxins in (melamine tests like protein, so they add it to boost protein rating cheaply). How many of our pets died because of this?
Toys are full of lead, other things are unsafe, and that's not even all: our money is leaving our country as our jobs dwindle.
We all want things so cheaply, we want lots of 'em and we don't care that our new shirt will look horrible after four or five washings. It only cost us $4.88!
The way the economy is looking, the markets and credit is plunging, it looks like we may well lose our two top auto manufacturers to China and/or Japan: Ford and GM are struggling. It's our own faults.
Sorry for the soap box, these are frightening times, and we all need to slow down and realize that we probably have "enough" of many things, we don't need a dozen new pairs of shoes in a years' time, not when 3 or 4 are plenty, or maybe even less.
I know I've been guilty, myself, but I have never purchased an overseas-manufactured car or truck, and I am focused on buying only from USA manufacturers who use USA origin products OR from other countries with a conscience. I am not discriminating against any country only the methods used by big business to cheat us all out of our security by bleeding us dry one by one.
The time has long since past that we need to read labels and re-think how we spend our money.
This started out as a warning about candy/food items, but it's also a reason to pause for thought if you think it's not dangerous to continuously feed more money into the big box stores, they are sending it right to China, who holds most of our debt.
Yes, it's tough to find everything we need or want here in the US, but it's time we made an effort to re-invest in our own local communities and stop funding the greedy middleman.
Links to stories about the tainted milk:
FDA: Avoid coffees, candy made in China
Made in China: Melamine-tainted candy still on shelves in Utah
I think our country suffers from something I have heard called consumerism. We want so much, we can't wait to have it, yet we tire of it quickly and throw it out, move on to the next. Nothing is purchased for its ability to fill a purpose for a long term, and we can't wait to get it out of the way for the next purchase.
My one comparison for now is Breyer horses. They used to be made here in the USA, then they shipped them overseas to China. The quality went way downhill. They may have fixed some of the quality problems, but now they just sell tons of them in so many colors and the prices are not that great. I quit buying them when they shipped overseas. I don't see them being "special" in any way, anymore. If I want a nice horse sculpture, I will save my money (maybe about three or four Breyer's worth) and buy something truly special: an artist resin. Sculpted, painted and often molded right here by an artist or service here in the US. Keeping my money as close to where I live as I can.
I realize I've gotten way off-topic, here, but many of you know I've been passionate about this for a long time.
Think about where your money goes, and how much of it's spent on things we really don't need, or impulse items.
Check labels...make your voice heard to the stores you shop, the manufacturers you buy from.
I realize this is an international forum, and I mean no offense to other countries, but I think you can see the situation this country (USA) is in, and can sympathize on some scale in similar manner.
Last year I bought toys from Canada, USA, Germany, Britain, Australia, Finland and others I can't remember, but I avoided all but a small few of my purchases from China. The ones that were made from there were video games.
That's about it from me on this soap box....
Back to the politics! (which I've only been reading, not commenting on. No matter who gets in, we're in trouble!)
Liz