What Mike Rowe, Kurt Uhlir, John Ratzenberger and Toby Keith say about Made in America
We were blessed to be included in the 2016 USA Today Manufacturing & Skills in America Campaign, reaching 750,000 print readers across USA Today, FABTECH 2016 and Manufacturing Day as well as 3M+ readers online. Below are links to some of the articles. Thanks for sharing.
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Patriotic Spending Has a Bigger Impact Than You RealizeMany Americans love the idea of buying products and technology made in America over imports. But buying American made products may be more than a feel-good choice. by KURT UHLIR, CHAIRMAN, THE MADE IN AMERICA MOVEMENT |
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Mike Rowe Debunks the Myth of a Modern Manufacturing JobThe former host of “Dirty Jobs” and “Somebody’s Gotta Do It” weighs in on the education and career paths Americans often overlook and, too often, do not travel, let alone encourage. |
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Why the Trades Matter Now More Than EverThe educational elite got it wrong: eliminating shop classes has had an epic effect on the economy, industry, crime and our children’s futures. |
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Toby Keith on Looking Past the “Made in America” LabelCountry music icon Toby Keith breaks down what he believes in and what he fights for: American products, made in America. |
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Why America Needs More Skilled Manufacturing WorkersAugmented reality isn’t only reserved for video-game players, like the millions searching to capture Pokémon creatures on their cell phones. |
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How to Fix America’s Manufacturing Skills-GapAccording to political candidates, America needs more good-paying jobs. Fortunately, manufacturing is creating them. Now we need the skilled workers to take up the challenge. |
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I’m sorry but the Toby Kieth piece is not impressive. He gave up on the opportunity to put his money where is mouth is with his own clothing line because JC Penny’s and others wouldn’t bring it in because his shirts would have been $2 higher than the other manufactured clothes in their stores??? That right there is the problem. So he gave up and the stores keep selling clothing manufactured off shore. Meanwhile entrepreneurs like myself make the struggle because we really do believe it matters to keep jobs in America. So we take the risk knowing that our products are better quality and yes, more expensive. Volume matters but principles matter more. I may not be in JC Penny but I am slowly building a solid business while truly “Fighting for American Products” as your headline says.
‘Gotta agree with Jill, Toby’s all about the money and his schtick is playing on the patriotism of Americans. I doubt it would have bankrupted him to make $2.00 less on a shirt if he was really focused on putting Americans to work. My wife and her mother were in one of his restaurants while on a vacation. When she returned from her trip she gave me a guitar pick with his name on it. I figured they gave them away considering how they overcharged for the sub par food, but she told me they sell them for a dollar. What?!? You can buy them in bulk for $0.03 a piece. And you can bet they weren’t made in the U.S.A.
And I agree with Jill again that profit and volume matter, but principles matter more. I get solicited by tanneries from Mexico and other countries looking to get my business but I buy my leather from Wickett & Craig in Curwensville, PA. I pay more to ‘buy American’ but I get terrific quality and I am supporting my fellow Americans. If you’re going to talk the talk, Toby, you have to walk the walk.
Totally agree with both of the comments made here. Just giving ‘lip service’ to the Made in America mantra won’t do squat to help the issue. Things made in USA tend to cost more because they’re generally higher quality materials made by people that are paid better wages than those overseas. Those wages, in turn, are then spent in local communities, creating a cycle of ‘reinvestment’ that serves to invigorate far more than just the original product vendor. People have become so accustomed to buying cheap foreign garbage that they now expect to get everything at those kinds of prices. I, for one, applaud those who are still willing to make superior products here using American labor, and will continue to seek them out whenever I’m able.