Help The Ecomony!! Stop Buying From China!!

Hi Everyone,

Below you will find an email that I recently received. You have gotten the same one. It brings up some interesting points. And I know I will start reading the labels closer and start only buying from the United States.
Here is the email:
I WAS BUYING FOOD THE OTHER DAY AT THE COUNTRY MARKET. ON THE LABEL OF SOME PRODUCTS IT SAID FROM CHINA..FOR EXAMPLE THE" OUR FAMILY" BRAND OF THE MANDARIN ORANGES SAYS RIGHT ON THE CAN FROM CHINA I WAS SHOCKED!! SO FOR A FEW MORE CENTS I BOUGHT THE LIBERTY GOLD BRAND OR THE DOLE IS FROM CAL. TAKES FOREVER JUST TO BUY FOOD AND DO LABEL READING ! !

Are we Americans as dumb as we appear --- or --- is it that we just do not think? While the Chinese, knowingly and intentionally, export inferior and even toxic products and dangerous toys and goods to be sold in American markets, the media wrings its hands and criticizes the Bush Administration for perceived errors. Yet 70% of Americans believe that the trading privileges afforded to the Chinese should be suspended. Well, duh..why do you need the government to suspend trading privileges?

SIMPLY DO IT YOURSELF, AMERICA!!

Simply look on the bottom of every product you buy, and if it says 'Made in China' or 'PRC' (and that now includes Hong Kong), simply choose another product, or none at all. You will be amazed at how dependent you are on Chinese products, and you will be equally amazed at what you can do without. Who needs plastic eggs to celebrate Easter? If you must have eggs, use real ones and benefit some American farmer. Easter is just an example, the point is do not wait for the government to act. Just go ahead and assume control on your own.

THINK ABOUT THIS If 200 million Americans refuse to buy just $20 each of Chinese goods, that's a billion dollar trade imbalance resolved in our favor...fast!! The downside? Some American businesses will feel a temporary pinch from having foreign stockpiles of inventory. Wahhhhhhhhhhhh The solution? Let's give them fair warning and send our own message. Most of the people who have been reading about this matter are planning on implementing this on June 4, and continue it until July 4. That is only one month of trading losses, but it will hit the Chinese for 1/12th of the total, or 8%, of their American exports. Then they will at least have to ask themselves if the benefits of their arrogance and lawlessness were worth it.

Remember, June 4 to July 4. EVEN BETTER. . . START NOW.

Help Me Get This Entrepreneur Off The Ground!

Greetings!

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Great Weekend in Orlando

Hi Everyone,

Just returning from a great weekend in Orlando. Buck Reed and I were one of the speakers at a convention for Home Based Businesses. To find out more and learn about the MVPWW

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Luvn'life

Sheri Sharman

The Gift That Keeps Giving!

We recently gave a dear friend, Dr. Werner Langer a goat for his 83rd. birthday. Yes, I said a goat. The gift was one of many living gifts that can be made through a great organization call Heifer International. You can select a gift for any occasion of bees, goats, chickens, cows etc. The gifts are then given to a family in need in a less fortunate country. The family's are then able to provide food for themselves and are able earn some income too.

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