Do you like shopping at Dollar Stores but feel a little guilty about buying “junk from China”? Drop the guilt and shop. There are many items there that are manufactured in America–manufactured, not “distributed by” (made elsewhere): food, stationary, party items…. Get your list-making materials ready, read the Finance article Dollar Stores Have Plenty of Items Made in America , and go shopping!
Waring: I’m venting today on something political that really bugs me–money and the Koch brothers.
At their conference “American Courage:Our Commitment to a Free Society,” they announced their plan to spend half a billion (yes, with a “B”) dollars to get Republicans elected to the Senate, to secure a majority, therefore, power. (This is after they spent hundreds of millions in 2012.) And not just any Republicans but the ultra conservative ones whose battle cry seems to be “No negotiation–Our Way or Die!”
I don’t begrudge them the right to spend their and their backers’ money in any way they choose. What DOES bother me is that they’re trying to buy elections. Whether we like it or not, the person with the most financial backing usually gets elected, because they’ve had more advantages of publicity, public exposure (therefore, name-recognition), chances to use negative campaigns against opponents, opportunities to make deals with groups to support him.
It just seems to me that the Kochs are trying to Cook the election, and I don’t like it!