Buy American without Buying from Violent Unions

The beauty of capitalism is it allows the citizen to agree or disagree in a way that carries gravity. A group that is organized on financial paradigms such as pay and benefits must also realize that they too are responsible to keep their customer base happy- and friendly towards the product they offer. That group is subsequently dependent upon the customer who wants or needs their product. Take for example, the automobile industry. Here’s an industry that at one time had a monopoly in the United States. When their quality deteriorated, and their products became less attractive to consumers they were slow to address the concerns of their customers and lost lion shares of their businesses to other car makers. American car makers have never recuperated fully from that capital-faux pas.

Unions stepped in with their own marketing campaign to subsidize their damaged reputations. They appealed to the innate patriotism of the American people with the slogan “Buy American”. This was effective because it reminded people- if they could buy an American built product; and get similar quality as a foreign built alternative: then patriotism urged you to help fellow-citizens, and therefore the nation by choosing the American made product. It was a good marketing approach because it was a reasonable assertion. In the process, unions established themselves as organizations of fellow-Americans who supported the country with their contribution to the economic work horse of the nation. Sadly, that marketing tool has proven to be Pollyannaish- and just doesn’t bare scrutiny.

When one considers the multiple occurrences of these unions sharing political platforms with self-identified Marxist, the violence they’ve been involved with, the degree and the number of documented confrontations with conservative Americans; it is reasonable to doubt both the patriotism of these organizations: and the validity of their claim to “buy American”. When someone seeks to diminish the rights of fellow citizens; their patriotism deserves to be questioned.

In several public forum sites, we’ve asked the question:

“Why should I buy a product that would support those who want to do me physical harm?”

We thought the question was reasonable as we documented the violence and the threats of violence of union members towards fellow-Americans. We followed up by documenting alternative sources for products such as automobiles where we could still purchase the needed product- and support nearly twice as many American families; often saving substantial percentages of the cost when compared to the product of those with adversarial positions.

We received the typical answers “Because you’re supporting America” “Stop your whining” or my favorite: “you watch too much Fox News”. None of which answer the root of the question.

For three of the past five years the Democrat Party has used union thugs to intimidate and even assault Americans who disagree with the Democrat agenda. From Black Panthers at polling stations to violence at town hall meetings, to false accusations of assault by elected officials, to a myriad of documented accounts of physical violence committed on those fellow Americans: all part of the Democrat Party strategy- with the unions acting as their goon squad. Still not one Democrat answered the question with a yes or a no.

Capitalism gives us the answer: just don’t buy their products. With non-union shops around the nation we cannot think of one product or service that requires using violent unions to guarantee quality. The conservative American can help nearly twice the amount of families by buying a non-union product or service- (again) often with impressive savings.

In the past we paid more to support fellow Americans: now they assault us for disagreeing with a socialist agenda. The time has come to show our disdain in a way that will get their attention: refuse to support their families by avoiding their products

It’s the reasonable thing to do.