Chain Reaction Strains American Manufacturing
March 11th, 2008
Another sad day for local manufacturing, as I just received word that a small custom shoe manufacturer in Florida has ceased U.S. production and shipped it abroad to China. They cite the difficulty in getting components here in the States.
However, what about their other suppliers and their workers? It is not just that maker and the several dozen people they employed, but also the hundreds behind them that would occasionally supply some product or service. What about that community and those up the supply chain?
And this occurring while the economy is still supposedly strong, but what is going to happen when we face a real full blown recession?
By supporting American manufacturing we are supporting the thousands of businesses who support them. Some might take comfort in thinking they simply had nothing to do with that shoe manufacturer, but what about thier suppliers and their supplier’s suppliers and their communities? They all used to buy food we grew, cars we made, etc. The economy is interconnected, like a giant web, and when one area is unnaturally weakened, it weakens the whole. Over dependence on foreign oil and cheap Chinese goods is destructive to our economy.
Join me at www.MadeinUSAForever.com or anyway you can in supporting American manufacturing. Let’s always look for the Made in USA label.
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 at 9:46 pmand is filed under Uncategorized.
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