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   dtroutma said, 11 months ago

   When everyone is screaming “jobs!”, it WAS pretty bone-headed.
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   josefw said, 11 months ago

   @dtroutma

   I agree with you. However Harry Reid is grandstanding. Is this a job creation contract for the uniforms or is it the principal of being American made. I feel it’s more the principle, these uniforms should have been made in America by Americans!
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   jonesb said, 11 months ago

   They’ll probably burn the Chinese made uniforms and spend more borrowed money to buy American made uniforms.
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   MortyForTyrant said, 11 months ago

   @jonesb

   Borrowed from China, to boot…
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   DrCanuck said, 11 months ago

   @josefw

   josefw said, “…I feel it’s more the principle, these uniforms should have been made in America by Americans!”

   
   Josefw, you’re throwing a Democrat-style hissy-fit there.
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   skipcarlsen said, 11 months ago

   I doubt whoever made the decision to select these uniforms ever even considered exactly WHERE they were going to be made.
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   dodjed said, 11 months ago

   Since when is Harry Reid a republican?
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   MortyForTyrant said, 11 months ago

   @DrCanuck

   You mean like John Kerry would do? :-)
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   MortyForTyrant said, 11 months ago

   @skipcarlsen

   That’s a good point. In today’s economy it’s very hard to “buy American”. If you take apart a Volkswagen you will find that only about 60 percent of it are “Made in Germany”. It’s not a big deal because most “foreign” parts are made under VW’s supervision, they are tested before assembly, the assembly itself happens here, the QA is tough and the guarantee very customer-friendly. But still, a slightly bad feeling remains…
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    josefw said, 11 months ago

    @DrCanuck

    I am not bent out shape about it, however the option should have stayed in the USA.

    
    Harry Reid is throwing the Hissy-Fit!
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    Rockngolfer said, 11 months ago

    I liked it when the Fox News crew made fun of the berets until they started hearing from the Green Berets.
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    Col Mosby said, 11 months ago

    It is a shame. Could be worse than China though – when Romney was in charge of the olympics, he outsourced the uniforms to Burma – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/16/mitt-romney-olympics-outsourced-uniforms-burma_n_1677791.html
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    neuturn said, 11 months ago

    @Col Mosby

    Wow, it looks like those that have to find ways to save the Olypics or want to save money in hard times are ridiculed for trying to do so. Just make sure they are not sweat shops.
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    ReasonsVentriloquist said, 11 months ago

    Oh, so we don’t like the free markets anymore?
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    It’s hard to keep up.
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    DrCanuck said, 11 months ago

    @ReasonsVentriloquist

    Conservatives only like free markets when America is winning, that is, producing superior products at cheaper prices than anyone else. In that case, governments should stay away.

    
    But the moment someone else does it better or cheaper, conservatives are against the free market and demand governments step in and fix everything.
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