Spend it where you make it!

I grew up in a patriotic family with uncles and cousins that were union men, and also many many marines, even 2 female marines. American pride was something that I kind of took for granite as a young punk kid, rebelling and experimenting in all of lifes teenage traps. There was a specific day in my life that my rebellious attitude was changed, 12 years ago on the first day of my union apprenticeship schooling our teacher began to lecture us on American values and the importance of buying American. He pointed to a sticker on his office window that simply read "SPEND IT WHERE YOU MAKE IT". That phrase made a lot of sense to me at that moment and also sparked a new way of thinking, that I still carry on to this day. This teacher was an old school Philadelphian who was 3rd generation union and he was very serious and passionate about union ideals. In fact no foreign cars were allowed to be parked on the schools parking lot, if it was foreign it had to be parked across the street...lol this was a problem at the time for Lil hatchet and I...with his VW and my Isuzu trooper we were not welcomed to park in the lot. As the years went by I began to see more and more jobs sent over seas for cheaper labor, all the while we cut the legs off of the force that kept this country running. That phrase means more to me now that we have seen so many jobs go away and such hard economic times stroll in. I wonder what this country would be like if american youth had the privilege of someone installing those concious American consumer ideals in them, or if public education stressed the fact of buying American and the importance of keeping our money local. In early American times the towns around the factories only survived by the workers spending their money in that town. Not everything I buy is made in USA and I'm not so pro union that I am ignorant to the fact that there is a time and a place for unions...but this is just a little encouragement to at least try and spend your American dollars on American goods when you can, it will benefit the future generations to come. If we all just made a concious effort to buy USA when you can it could really help keep this country #1. if not you better learn Chinese!
Here's a few pics from the last few weeks daily operation....