Support products made in the USA

According to a story on www.usatoday.com/, our country is looking at losing countless jobs and businesses. This year J.C. Penney is looking at closing more than 300 stores, Game Stop will close more than 500 stores and Best Buy is closing more than 200 stores and they are just three of nine stores listed on the website. So what should we as Americans do to bring these jobs back?

One solution is to support our own communities by buying from our local businesses, who knows we may even be saving our neighbor their job. Another solution is to look at the labels of the products we buy and see if it is made in the USA. In order for a product to qualify for the “Made in the USA,” the label on the product must be all or virtually all made in the United States. Don't get fooled by products that are labeled “distributed by.” That is not the same thing as being made in this country. Our country runs on people buying products and buying Made in the USA helps create jobs.

Start looking at the labels on the products that we buy to ensure that they are Made in the USA and start supporting our businesses here in America.

Brent Stull

Belle Plaine