A letter to the editor to our local paper

Letter to the Editor: 'China or bust'. Leo Byford, Tulsa. For the first time since 1945, we have seen no net jobs created in the nation. I am not a supporter of President Barack Obama, but Obama is not the only one to blame. When a government and elected officials could care less about the nation and have for years wasted tax dollars, provided taxpayer money to the good ol' boys program, and greed and votes count more than the people who have paid taxes for years, the day has finally arrived for decision making. When we have elected officials and government that reject and will not support energy products that will save electric consumers 40 percent to 50 percent on their electric bills, engines that will get 200-plus mpg, permanent solutions to waste that will stop the degrading of our waters, elected officials who promise change and change never happens, leaders who ignore the laws, a media that only publishes what it wants you to read, you get just what we have now. The question now becomes, do we change or continue to do business as usual or put a sign on the car that says, "China or bust? Letters to the editor are encouraged. .com.. This article is provided to you as a courtesy of NFB-NEWSLIN

Let your voice be heard

How to really make your voice heard

Wednesday, August 10, 2011, 7:04:30 AM | Chuck Ayers

I am reluctant to say, in order to take back control of our country and give it control to the US citizenry we must bypass congress and the heavily monied lobbyists. All inside the beltway government employees (congress, Whitehouse, justice department, etc.) are not listening to we the people. But only to their reelection sugar daddies (lobbyist, large corporations, big oil, big banks, etc.).

How do we do this? Good question. Not really sure. But one way might be to boycott domestic and offshore companies with mostly foreign interests. Companies with cheap sweatshop labor in Asian countries. Domestic companies that import most their consumer products from Asian manufactures. All taken good jobs from America.

Also it is a well known fact most Asian countries (China, Japan, Korea, etc.) are becoming more protectionist. They too are boycotting. However, boycotting American made goods. All the while our American government is not doing much to protect our interest. So, we gotta get involved.

Boycotting domestic companies with large foreign interests will first of all get government and large corporation’s attention. Letting them know the consumer/citizen is not happy with what’s happening with big wrong-headed domestic companies and our recalcitrant congress.

Buy a Ford, not a Toyota. Fly American Airlines, not Air France. Buy fresh fruits and vegetables grown locally or only in America and not from foreign countries. Instead of buying cheap foreign produced clothing, go to a resale shop or thrift store and buy good slightly used clothing.

If you can’t find a product you want made in the USA just go without. It won’t hurt you. It’s all for a good cause. And in the process you just might be able to put the money you saved in the bank.

And again, it will get government and big business’s attention. Let them know you are serious. Tell congress to take care of our own first. When it comes to putting our own people back to work, we don’t need the help of foreign interest. We surely don’t need domestic companies whose interests are offshore. Boycott and boycott.