‘Buy American’ to reclaim U.S. jobs

For 40 years, there has been an attack on unionized manufacturing condoned by both Democrats and Republicans.

The greed that caused the working class to organize in the first place has turned against us.

Greed is the patriotism of today. You can blame it all on the rich for going overseas to make what we need or you can blame the working class for allowing them to send our jobs overseas, because we buy what we need regardless of where it is made, as long as it is cheap.

When the jobs are gone, it is our own damn fault. Walmart is the largest merchandiser in the world. It works with China and other countries to sell our jobs to the lowest bidder.

The buying power of the middle class was the largest in the world; now we are almost a Third World group. Return manufacturing to the USA and most of our financial problems would be gone. “Buy American.” If it's not from the USA, don't buy it and raise Cain about it.

Frank Reynolds

Marion