American flags should be born in the USA now, too, Congress says
American flags should be born in the USA now, too, Congress says
Congress has passed a proposal to require the federal government to purchase only flags that have been completely manufactured in the U.S.
Soon, Old Glory will have to be born in the land of the free and not merely flying over it.
Congress has passed a proposal to require the federal government to purchase only American flags that have been completely manufactured in the U.S. The U.S. imports millions of American flags from overseas, mostly from China, and the sponsors of the proposal said it’s time for American flags to originate in the country they represent.
Supporters of the proposal, led by Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, said the change is more than just symbolic — they believe it will support American jobs and manufacturers while preserving the nation’s most recognized banner.
So, who's the donor friend who owns flag manufacturing facilities?
I remember all the cheap Chinese bumper stickers that people were slapping on their cars....an American flag with the words "THESE COLORS DON'T RUN"
Within a couple months most of the flag color had faded. It was so funny seeing a light pink and blue American flag with that contradictory phrase over it.
The current number of congresspersons, 435, was created in 1913. In the 1920 census the US population was 29,662,053.
29,662,053/435 ~= in 1913 there were 68,188 persons per member of Congress.
In 2020 the population was 331,449,281
331,449,281/435 ~= in 2020 there were 761,952 persons per member of Congress.
One person can't represent three quarters of a million people in a national assembly. That isn't representation.
It's like they know that one of our major problems is that capitalists have destroyed all our manufacturing and sent all of our production jobs overseas thus weakening our economy our society and our National Defense. Yet instead of doing anything about it they just do this thumb their nose bill that does nothing. Kind of like a fuck you to the entire country.
I don't get why people are tilted about this. The government should always buy US made unless the item literally cannot be found from a US manufacturer.
Tax payer money should stay in the country when possible. Yeah it's a small issue but I doubt much time was spent on this
On its surface that's not a horrible position for a government to take.
It's not unreasonable for the national government (in any country) to give some level of local preference to all procurement, not only something symbolic like flags. That would actually incentivize companies to onshore more of their manufacturing - or at least slow down their offshoring.
Why did I think this was already a thing?
When talking about bizarre American obsession with flags... :
You know what, for context for anyone late to the discourse.
All of this is about a bill passing through the Senate for the manufacturer of the government bought flags to go from 50% American manufactured materials to 100%.
Enjoy the ride.
What a waste of our time
"Oh... okay. But did you want to do anything about that giant list of actual REAL problems over there behind you on the table?"
I feel like all this is going to do is raise government costs and line the pockets of selected contractors. We aren't always going to be the relative best producers in cost/quality balance for every product and service.
If we're going to subsidize any industry, it should be done directly and explicitly. Otherwise, it becomes another example of "inefficient" government that should be privatized.
God I fucking hate fellow leftists. This is good and it wasn't your help that did it and it makes it easier to shit on.
We want manufacturing moved back into the country. A simple bill to move a point of national pride back to local manufacturing l, that while not a sweeping fix is a nice gesture to help make sure local companies can offer their services and employ Americans.
Ewww... Bullshit person with a cotton mill is gonna make money.
Booo! Why would anyone care about local manufacturing we need more local manufacturing
I just like to dog pile on things to complain about it to get my dopamine.
Seriously, be fucking happy for 30 seconds maybe? Then work on taking the next step forward? Instead of complaining how we took a nap for the last 4 decades we just get back in the race?
I hope local manufacturers use the income to be able to start more clothing production with quality cotton and we see an end to maybe fast fashion with moves like this. That'd be nice.