Don't buy American

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  1. Tyke The Tree-Frog

    Tyke The Tree-Frog Well-Known Member

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    Doesn't sit well with me, all good condemning Trump and America, but we will all still be using stuff which comes from worse situations than orange bad man. Slavery, child labour, actual nazi camps in China against Uygur Muslims. The oil we use from countries like Russia who are attacking a sovereign nation. Or places who see women as second class citizens, brutal dictatorships, the lot.

    Wed have nothing.
     
    Tyke The Tree-Frog, Apr 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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    Proper made me laugh out loudly did that lol
     
    Wuz1964, Apr 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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    Sweet shops in China would be better, hmmm toffee Apple.
     
    wakeyred, Apr 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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    I've got a couple of bottles of Buffalo Trace so hopefully won't need to get any more. I'm going to avoid buying any NFL/NCAA gear either, might be time for a new Maple Leafs jersey
     
    Skryptic, Apr 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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    Just pointing out what the article says. Most is not all. Several articles cover many everyday goods. The haricot beans that Heinz use are from the USA. Some Kellogs products are imported from the USA and south america.
    The poster said he couldn't think of anything.
     
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    Who remembers were all backing Britain song I think it was early 70s. Buy British you know it's best.
     
    kirky boy, Apr 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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    Twitter, Amazon, Facebook,
    Nike, coca cola. mcDonalds etc etc
     
    fired, Apr 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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    I don't think Don will succeed in his plan to price out the world in the hope that he can get as near to 100% of things America needs, to be made in America, thus creating more jobs I'm his homeland and making them less reliant on other countries.

    You need to trade with other countries.
     
    dreamboy3000, Apr 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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    Quite a bit of the stuff I use as a Painter & Decorator is American. Just off the top of my head, Benjamin Moore, Zinsser & Sherwin Williams (who make Valspar) all are, and are very good.

    Purdy, Corona & Wooster are just 3 of a large number who manufacture brushes, rollers and decorative tools that are popular in the UK.

    Bulk of the my paint comes from a manufacturer called Tikkurila though, who are Finnish - but are now a part of PPG, who are American.

    I suppose it depends if the stuff is being imported or manufactured by a US company that’s based here. Suppose I’ll soon be getting ‘the letter’ to let me know if my prices are increasing.
     
    fitzytyke, Apr 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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    A lot of people here will be ditching Sky, Netflix, Amazon, EBay, Facebook, Google, YouTube, Apple, Microsoft, Coke, Pepsi, McDs, Burger King etc then!

    All American owned and ultimately where the money goes back to……
     
    Dub-Tyke, Apr 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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    Sorry I couldn't see any reference to an article to address, I was just making a general comment to the words posted.
     
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