Recently I have been talking with a group of local activists who are attempting to prevent their local Wal-Mart from expanding into a Superstore.  One of the reasons they give is the lack of American made products that Wal-Mart offers.

The majority of products in Wal-Mart  are made in another country. Not very patriotic of the Big Yellow Smiley Face. At least they could sell whatever was locally manufactured in those cities where they have a presence. That would keep those local economies from going under. One of the key complaints brought up was  that local economies where the Wal-Marts were, lost a portion of the existing small mom and pop stores because they could not compete.

You know Save Money, Live Better.  Cheaper stuff because its made in a factory in a steamy Malaysian jungle or by a factory in Beijing , not Lompoc or Santa Maria. That’s not living better.

If you multiply that by all the big box chains and other chain stores that import that’s a lot of merchandise.

These corporations should be required to get a mandated percentage of their products from local manufacturers.

I, as a consumer would prefer it.

How about you?