[amayausers] Re: american made....

Roland.. you are very good in Amaya stuff...But the part you say......"at wages 
of dollars per week.." is the part that I don't understand.  Since I am from 
Puerto Rico, live in Puerto Rico, I paid the full 15.3% it is the same percent 
that you pay and never, never vote for the president that send my children to 
the war.  Our minimun wage is the same as the State (mainland, of course!!.  
But as matter of fact..... the Washington D.C. territory is not more american 
that our land  (is at appreciation like your"t wages of dollars per week...").  
I have the right, legal and moral to put a Made U.S.A in every piece made by 
Puerto Rican people.  Every month..... every month...... an american soldier, 
born and raised in Puerto Rico, arrive in coffin to our land.  Burried between 
the thousands of our people that have fallen for the American Dream since 1898. 
 That piece of shi.t.... that say Made In USA are made not with cheap 
labor......is made with proud with american blood. 
 Please... be more respectfull with our story and with your story.

Respectfully, 
Eduardo
Sorry for my English....... Not made in America.....

----- Original Message ----
From: Roland R. Irish III <signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 2:46:37 PM
Subject: [amayausers] Re: american made....

Lots of myth busting to handle...what a can of worms.
American Apparel...good clothing if you like young shapely girls in  
tight stuff...and evidently so does the CEO...busted! Prime time  
teevee showed the world last week.
American made goods....hold your horses...very very few companies are  
really producing MADE WITHIN THE BORDERS OF THE CONTINENTAL UNITED  
STATES goods. Yet they ALL have a 'made in the USA' tag. Hanes,  
Jerzees, all of them. How and why? Well, for everyone that fell  
asleep in geography and history class in school...Puerto Rico is NOT  
the only 'island' country still OWNED by the United States in some  
form or another...we (the USA) still own many 'islands' and  
'territorys' across the world.  Since there was a big stigma attached  
to 'going mexican' with your production factory...Hans, Fruit of the  
Loom, Jerzees...all shut down their USA 'mainland' plants and moved  
them to these 'territories'....at wages of dollars per week...and  
STILL legally able to say 'made in the USA'..... Surprise! You are  
buying sweatshop labor made garments whether you believe it or not!
If you buy teeshirts BY THE FULL FACTORY CASE like I have...read the  
labels! I had cases of shirts come in once, all white teeshirts...all  
adult sizes, all by the full case for a big job. Opened them  
up...EVERY 'size' of teeshirt was made in a different factory in a  
different 'location' so NOT ONE of the shirt sizes matched the other  
for WHITE! And quality was different, material was different, even  
relation of neck size to shirt size changed! And these were JERZEE  
brand!  With some investigation work, and talking with sales reps ,  
etc. I learned what I just told you!

Using any silk material or silk thread? Those caterpillars don't live  
in America....
and how's your Amaya sewing with your Organ needles. Like the way  
they work? Nice, huh? Made in Japan....
and the computer running your design shop and amaya program....all  
american made? You sure?
And the monitor on top of it...I have probably 12 monitors kicking  
around here...american 'companies', yes, but not one says 'made in  
the usa'...
WE don't want to pollute our water and land with the chemicals used  
to make them...can't even throw old computers and monitors in the  
dumpster-get fined for that! I have helped out at a local computer  
'recycling' center...they strip down computers and monitors by the  
SKID load...and it ALL gets shipped overseas...because those  
countries have no laws about pollution like we do.

As for digitizing- american company or overseas....$10 versus  
$3....well, chances are the 'overseas' people are faster, more  
efficient, more educated than the majority of US graduates...and cost  
of living is a fraction of what it is over here. So they CAN do it  
cheaper and faster. Why are they doing it cheaper? Competition...10  
years ago THEY were getting top price-because no one over HERE was  
doing it. And unless you happen to talk to the actual person that is  
doing the digitizing, or runs the business HERE and you know  
them...you may very well STILL be getting 'overseas' labor. No way  
for US to find out...
Next time you call your electric company after hours...or your  
insurance claims department, OR EVEN ORDER AT A MACDONALDS DRIVEUP  
WINDOW....chances are, the person on the other end of the speaker  
doesn't speak english at home! Because most of the larger businesses,  
including Macdonalds...have found out with satellite phone service  
and overseas low wages and higher productivity...it is cheaper to  
contract it out instead of hiring local people to try and do the same  
job.

Like many of you, I do try and support local businesses whenever and  
wherever I can-even to avoiding chain food restaurants in favor of  
'Sally's Home Cooking and Bakery shop' when we go traveling.
But you can't always do that...and when the competition is offering  
embroidered hats with 10,000 stitches and free digitizing for $2.99  
($1.75 my cost) then what can I do? Pick up the catalog, call the USA  
office of the across the world manufacturer, try to explain in simple  
english to someone that speaks who knows what....and place the order  
for my client because I can't get anything USA made for less than $6.99.
Very hard to convince the guy that buying american is good for him!

Roland
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