Why We Need Buy American

Instead of simply putting "buy American" on any steel procurements, we should put it on everything. Let private business do what it wants, but the United States government should first and foremost employ U.S. workers and U.S. firms.

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• Buy American
• US economy
• economy in crisis
• WTO NAFTA
• Free trade
• Fair Trade

[lookslikeschoolsout]

This is a myopic view. Protectionism raises costs for consumers (in this case the American tax payer) and annoys other countries. Not even China supports trade policies as draconian as Americans do.

[economyincrisis]

actually they have a 25% tariff against our 5% tariff, so they are protectionists.

[destroyingsociety]

America is for Americans

[bestwayusa1]

Support the American worker union and non union. decent wages healthcare, thank you my union brother and sister for setting a pace for all of us to live a better life, and not just be slaves to some of the greedy rich. Who dont want to pay a fairer tax to keep our country decent. And to the companies that leave for slave wages and say or else shame on you. Buy American people when you can,go on line to -Made in USA- and support companies keeping and bringing jobs back. Support fair trade.

[2plus2make4]

This is incredibly simplistic.

All people would suffer if this type of decision triggered similar decisions from other countries.  We should want our governments to purchase highest quality/cost.

[mannecyberguy]

@2009zigi Does anyone have an idea of what happened when Japan tried to do that same thing in the 17th thru the mid-19th centuries? And you're suggesting that America try something like that?