Unhappy customers take their business to other companies when possible, whether it’s a haircut or a cruise ship. Americans, for the most part, are unhappy with China for multiple reasons. So, let’s take our business elsewhere. It won’t be easy at first, but as our demand for non-Chinese products increases, so will the supply. Made in America is our first choice, of course. Keep our hard-earned money circulating in this country.
We need to look for non-communist countries that we can work with. If the American consumer could stop buying from them, China’s economy would suffer. This is not my primary goal, and there is no telling what their response would be. I would prefer to see China start playing by the rules with its citizens and other countries and become a reliable international partner for everybody.
One way we could start to show our desire to work with other countries would be to require retailers to post the country of origin on product displays. As we walk down the aisle in a hardware store or beauty supply, we would see China, China, China. That could show the American consumer just how much comes from them. I want to think that this would inspire us to at least try to find products made in other countries. We need to do something. We can’t continue financing the growth of Communism when it is determined to overtake America, both economically and militarily. If China ever becomes the world’s wealthiest economy, it will use that wealth to force the rest of us to fall in line.
We don’t need an army of soldiers to fight this potential problem. We only need an army of American consumers to shop more wisely.