These days, it is difficult to find anything made in the US, let alone made from the same county one lives in. One woman seeks to change all that.
Rebecca Burgess decided to wear only locally farmed and manufactured fabrics and clothing, which she found difficult. This sparked her inspiration to create her own business. By working with local farmers, she created her own locally manufactured clothing line. With her neighborhood of West Marin having a 13% unemployment rate, this business creates more jobs for farmers and puts money into the economy by promoting local businesses.
Manufacturing in the US has dropped in workforce size from 28% fifty years ago to 8% today, and is still at risk of dropping even lower.
And now, not only are foreign companies are taking jobs from US citizens, they are also taking over US businesses.
Former US solar company Solyndra, which went suddenly bankrupt, is rumored to be taken over by a foreign company, raising further suspicion about the unpaid bills and sudden troubles. After all, in July the CEO Brian Hurrison did write to the government stating the company was in "good financial standing". Not to mention, the fact that companies cannot lay off 50 or more workers without 60 days notice, which left the 200 former Solyndra workers without jobs.
Coincidence?
I think not.
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Yea i agree its sad to see this and over the last ten years its seems to happen often now and now were seeing US companies getting shipped off to other countries which make more people unemployed they need find ways to keep US companies to stay in the US so it could help our own economy.
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