A Better Way to Buy American
Buying American is about so much more than simply buying American-made products. We truly buy American only when we buy American-made products from American-owned companies–that’s what keeps more jobs, more profits, and more tax revenue within our national borders.
American-owned companies typically pay more taxes to our U.S. Treasury, employ more American workers, and use more domestic parts in their products than foreign-owned companies. Want to learn more?
ARTICLES BY ROGER SIMMERMAKER
How to find American-made products when they aren’t on store shelves
According to a November 2023 Morning Consult Poll, 86% of Americans surveyed said they would like to buy more American-made goods if only they were available through large retailers. There…
The advantage of American-made experience
Sometimes the best referrals for the best American products often come from word of mouth or personal experience. In this article, I feature three American-owned companies that make their goods…
More Ways to Keep Our Money in America Where it’s Needed
The holidays are well behind us, but even though we aren’t laser-focused on buying that American-made gift for family or loved ones, we should still seek to buy American whenever…
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SEPTA cancels contract for double-decker train cars from Chinese company
In 2017, SEPTA had awarded China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC), a state-owned Chinese company with a manufacturing facility in Springfield, Massachusetts, a contract to produce 45 bi-level train cars for $185 million. Reports indicate that CRRC MA produced shoddy results and frequently missed deadlines,…
Let’s rebuild the Key Bridge, the ‘American way’
The American way encompasses the can-do attitude that animated the building of the nation, from the Cumberland Road to the Apollo moon shot. Consequently, rebuilding this 1.6-mile span will require spurning the creeping foreign dependencies to which the national economy has fallen prey since the…
BEER GROWN HERE: ANHEUSER-BUSCH ADOPTS US FARMED CERTIFICATION
On March, 19, the American Farmland Trust, a national nonprofit that helps to keep American farmers on their land, launched a new US Farmed certification and packaging seal for products that derive at least 95 percent of their agricultural ingredients from farms in the United…
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