Made in (not) America

I was in one of those big stores the other day, where you can walk for 15 minutes and never find the restroom. While my wife was shopping, I decided to go hunting. I was stalking something made in America.

My weapon of choice was a pen and paper and my turf was aisle after aisle. I examined 25 different items and wrote down where they were made.

This is what I found: China, 14; Korea, 1; Indonesia, can you believe, 1; Mexico, 2; Japan, 5; America, 2. Yes, good old USA, 2.

Scary, isn’t it? I can remember when you didn’t even look where things were made. You knew some hard-working, taxpaying American was making a living on the things you needed.

As my hero John Wayne said in “Big Jake,” “Times change.” You don’t know how right you were, Duke.

This story was originally published October 5, 2017 at 4:50 PM with the headline "Made in (not) America."