How to Read How Americans Can Buy American MOBI

A guide to distinguishing between American and foreign products and services.Many Americans are looking for ways to display their patriotism beyond simply flying the American flag. "How Americans Can Buy American: The Power of Consumer Patriotism" shows them how to do it without having to spend extra time or money. From concerns over outsourcing and the danger of Chinese imports to the debate about how to get our economy back on track, there has never been such a strong link between patriotism and the pocketbook for so many American consumers.It all comes down to “whose pockets are we lining?” Why not line our own? We must be able to pay for the things “We the People” have demanded from the use of our tax dollars. Buying American benefits everyone. How?• Workers in foreign countries don’t pay taxes to America. Only American workers do.• American-owned companies pay about twice the amount of taxes as foreign-owned companies do. • More taxes paid means more benefits reaped. Over 75 percent of all federal spending goes to Social Security, Medicare, defense, education, farm subsidies, highways, parks, and interest on the national debt."How Americans Can Buy American: The Power of Consumer Patriotism" broadens the Buy American picture by showing the consumer the importance of not only buying American-made products, but those made by American-owned companies.The ownership of a company determines where the profits go, where the taxes are paid, and which national economy benefits.American-owned companies, according to IRS data, pay almost twice as many taxes as foreign-owned companies to the U.S. Treasury. So by making simple choices, we can double the amount of taxes we pay using the money we're already spending.For example, Irish Spring is American owned, but Jergens is owned by the Japanese. Clorox is American owned, but Lysol is owned by the British. And perhaps one of the most striking examples of all, Swiss Miss is American but Carnation is owned by the Swiss."How Americans Can Buy American: The Power of Consumer Patriotism" lists over 22,000 American and foreign products and services so we can buy American in the purest sense of the term, keeping profits and jobs within our borders.