The world is changing. Where once the majority of manufacturing jobs were in America, we’re seeing more and more instances where this isn’t the case, where jobs have been shipped overseas or just gotten rid of altogether. America no longer leads in terms of goods made, and more and more people are grudgingly okay with buying goods that are most often made in China. While this is the case now, it doesn’t have to be. People can choose to buy American if they want to. This would bring American jobs back and keep the ones that are already here.

The main issue with bringing American jobs back is the issue of pay. Many companies outsource their work to other countries where the pay isn’t as high as it is back here in America. Following money over quality of product, these companies have no problem with closing down American factories so that they can make a higher profit margin by moving somewhere else. This is a bit of an epidemic in our country, and it needs to stop now. The best way to do this is to vote with your wallet. If the American people were to collectively stand up and buy American first before even considering goods from other countries, there will be no issue of American jobs being taken away.

In this post, we’re going to look at why it’s essential to buy American first as well as what you can do about the outsourcing and loss of good American jobs back home.

*You’ll be supporting your fellow Americans.

When you buy US first, you’re sending a message that you won’t tolerate the inferior quality of foreign made goods and instead will have faith in the goods made right here in America. Chances are you won’t go far before you find a person who does or used to work in a factory.

While this kind of a job can be repetitive, workers can still take pride in the fact that they’re creating things for the purpose of helping out their fellow Americans. They are the ones who are keeping our country together through the creation of goods that we can all profit from.

Your neighbor could be a factory worker. Your community leader might be one or know someone who works in a factory. You never know until you ask, and when you hear these stories of their working life, you understand that it’s much bigger than you. These changes can put thousands of Americans out of jobs, with many of them unable to find employment once that factory job is gone. Unemployment can lead to depression and other serious consequences that affect real American lives.

*It’s the patriotic thing to do.

With the way our capitalistic system works, the best way to change things is to vote with your wallet. This will frustrate companies that outsourced jobs and factories to make an extra buck, but this is a good thing. When average people stand up and refuse to patronize companies that get rid of American jobs, they send a powerful message that they want American jobs back.

If you love your country and agree with its policies, one of the best ways to share that message is to purchase American items first. We understand that not all goods have American equivalents, but you’d be surprised by how many items you can get that are made right here in America.

You can also get in touch with your local lawmaker and insist that they put tariffs into place to dissuade companies from shipping jobs overseas. If these overseas companies face a stiff fee to ship their goods here, they’ll be far less likely to do so. This will open up the door for American companies to step in and produce their own goods.

*You’ll be helping the economy.

We’re all interconnected as people and as customers of various companies. When more American jobs are created, the middle class tends to spend more, which only helps the economy and make it more resilient as a result.

When the economy is doing well, we’re all doing well. Unemployment will plummet and stocks will go up as a result. If you look back into history, you’ll see that when the middle class is doing well, the whole country is doing well.

We see reports constantly about where the economy is heading, to the point where we can think that our choices don’t matter, that we aren’t a voice that can be heard. The truth is, though, that we have tremendous power over the fate of our nation. Government is one thing, but it’s we the people who make the real decisions that matter. It’s we the people who make financial choices that impact not just America but the world. It’s we the people who hold in our hands the capacity for financial and economic change in this country.

*It’s the right thing to do.

We all have a conscience, and we can tell when our choices are out of line with our beliefs. We can rationalize that our financial choices are ours alone, but we know that this isn’t true. We comfort ourselves saying that we’re just one person, that our choices won’t sway or affect anything.

However, this couldn’t be more far from the truth. As individuals, we have tremendous power. After all, this country and this world are made up of individuals who collectively make up communities, cities, states, and nations. All of our choices matter, especially our financial ones. No man is an island, and we all need to be conscious of what we are doing. We can’t afford to blind ourselves from the truth and stick our head in the sand. We need to pull together and make the decisions that benefit our workers and our people.

If we all have a conscience and we all can tell when it’s not aligned with our choices, the only logical thing to do is to make choices that do align with our conscience. This includes actions that are distinguished by right or wrong, but it also applies to choices like which product to buy or which store to patronize.

It isn’t only goods that you need to focus on. Plenty of stores sell foreign-made goods almost exclusively. If you notice that the majority or even the entirety of a store’s goods are made in China or elsewhere, you can simply stop patronizing that establishment.

*It saves jobs.

It can get pretty easy to tune out bad news that we see on TV and in our Facebook and Twitter feeds. However, we can’t turn a blind eye to the plight of the American worker who is put out of a job because a factory is being built overseas that can do the same job for cheaper.

Not just does this affect the American job losses, but it also affects the foreign workers as well. For instance, Chinese companies have take to installing nets on the outside of their buildings in order to prevent the high number of suicides that would occur there. If a company has to resort to installing preventative measures for suicide, it shows just how wrong their policies must be.

Companies have not had to take such measures as what the Chinese have done, but that doesn’t take away the fact that scores of jobs are being lost and replaced overseas. In some situations, literally, thousands of jobs are lost when a single factory closure happens. What are these workers supposed to do to keep their homes and feed their children.

The economy isn’t some abstract concept we can’t make sense of. It’s based on financial patterns that we ourselves make. If we make the ones that are in the best interest of our fellow man, we will all benefit together.

Right now, companies in this country have been able to outsource jobs and factories with relative impunity, not having to worry about fallout or the damage that they’ve caused by shutting down vital factories in this country. But when these companies are hit in their wallets, they tend to pay attention quickly. Since the only thing they care about is their bottom line, it behooves us as Americans to hurt that bottom line and to hurt it together.

*It empowers us.

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When we buy American goods first, it empowers not just the buyer of the product but also the maker of that product. It shows them on a visceral level that they’re supported in what they do and that their struggle is understood and acknowledged.

When one of us is empowered, we all are. This is not just something that affects the workers whose jobs are saved but it helps us in a fundamental way as well. Besides the aspect of knowing that you did something good for your country, you also ensure that the economy is doing well and is growing over time.

It’s important that we instill values of hard work and fair play into our children from a young age because the companies in this country are not going to do it. It’s time we stop seeing these corporations as monolithic entities that can’t be touched. If they exist, then they can feel the effects of mass dumping of their brand.

Just as soon as we can dump one company for outsourcing its jobs, we can support those that keep their jobs right here in the United States. This might seem like idealism that can’t happen, but just like with voting, every voice does matter. We might seem small in the grand scheme of things, but added together as a whole we can make huge changes and decisions that will affect us all.

When we band together as people in a united cause, there really is nothing that can keep us down. It starts with a small change and it ends with companies being dramatically affected by our choices. So start up a community that rejects these outsourcing companies, contact your local lawmaker, and get the job done.

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