Why do I see a handful of 'Buy Israeli' banners in sigs, but not one damn 'Buy AMERICAN' banner?
Are there no proud Americans here?
Is Israels economy faultering and thus we need to buy their goods?
Isnt the food tax enough? (read throught that link carefully. Notice the main
antogonist are now banned.  )
What gives? Are Americans ashamed of the handfull of products we still produce?
Are Israeli goods 'better' or more durable?
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i think the problem here is that our country is full of people who care more about outsiders than whats happening on their own turf, just to relieve
our guilt. we'd rather rebuild iraq and afganastan than our own infrastructures. its a shame, the billions spent on "bringing freedom" to the
middle east could have taken the homeless off our streets and put our children into good schools and pay for good health care. as long as we're
occupied with the paris hilton and tainted dog food the rest kind of just melts into the background noise.
its unfortunate most of us are looking around and saying "damn its hot in here, and why am i in this handbasket?" 
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Usually "Buy This" banners mean "Support This".
The one problem with Buy American is this, was this product made by someone in the 50 states or, for example, the Mariana Islands which allows the
goods to be labeled Made In the USA?
I love to support American farmers the way, say, a Japanese buyer might choose to pay more for a Japanese tangerine, although usually the price
differential is not as great for me.
Free trade, for the US consumer at least, can be a minefield. Witness China's exports to us. Yes, free trade might mean cheaper goods, but at what
price?
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