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I couldn't think of a better title for the Buy American
Mention of the Week this week since www.racksandstuff.com happens to be the name of the featured website. On this website, you'll find all kinds of home, office and garden products - all handmade and 100% American made.
What immediately caught my eye on this website - other than
the fact all the products are made in America - was the three kinds of
bike racks offered. I literally spent hours once day shopping at Home
Depot, Lowe's and other home improvement, department stores and bicycle
shops for a four-bike bicycle rack only to come up empty. Had I found a
bike rack that day, I bet the chances would have been very slim that it
would have been made in USA.
You'll find all sorts of unique items on this website you
simply won't find anywhere else. And not only are all the products made
in America, they are made by a small business in Idaho. Anyone who has
read either How Americans Can Buy American or the various articles I
have written knows that I simply love to promote small businesses
committed to making things right here in the USA.
As large corporations merge and become bigger and more global,
it is often the small businesses that offer more unique and specialized
products. And when these products are made in America by American-owned
small businesses, they deserve our support to encourage diversity in
American manufacturing.
The statistic that most Americans are employed by small
businesses is true, and this fact is further reinforced with the mass
layoffs by global corporations as they seek cheaper labor and
regulations overseas.
Many analysts estimate that one day all these merging companies will be
de-merging on a wide scale, and when they do, we should be on record as
supporting our existing small businesses to give the de-merging
companies some real competition when it happens. Then, when the next
wave of mergers is about to take place, maybe some of these companies
will realize that when and if they end up de-merging, they will likely
face both strong and loyal competition from America's prospering small
businesses.
Such a deterrent strategy may cause companies seeking to globalize in
the future right here in America. But we must act now to enable
patriotic companies like racksandstuff.com to compete effectively down
the road.
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