tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002324729475292127.post7875671753593329079..comments2023-04-12T05:27:15.177-07:00Comments on DomesticallyBlissed: Why not Made In ChinaGypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14507297241750333316noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002324729475292127.post-30499813736467391712008-05-29T17:49:00.000-07:002008-05-29T17:49:00.000-07:00I think we (at least in the US) are too accustomed...I think we (at least in the US) are too accustomed to the convenience of buying things for too little money. My father-in-law was just saying that he used to buy burritos from a fast food place when they were 50 cents, but now they're $1.50 and he won't buy them any more!<BR/><BR/>I think food and gasoline in the US are artificially inexpensive (even with gas at $4 per gallon, an all-time high), and that will soon change. It will be hard for a lot of people to change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002324729475292127.post-68103320387965147522008-05-29T11:53:00.000-07:002008-05-29T11:53:00.000-07:00Thanks for your comments guys. Sarah that is such ...Thanks for your comments guys. Sarah that is such a good comment about the plastic easter bunnies - even if stuff isn't made in China the mentality around collecting cr*P, with lots of packaging like Dawn points out - its still the same one.Gypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14507297241750333316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002324729475292127.post-18371738320464755462008-05-29T07:49:00.000-07:002008-05-29T07:49:00.000-07:00Another good reason to avoid cheaply made goods......Another good reason to avoid cheaply made goods...the packaging! It seems over half the product is usually just plastic packaging that will end up in the landfill. Great post.dawn klingehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10068232686648964979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002324729475292127.post-21805107559244155772008-05-29T02:42:00.000-07:002008-05-29T02:42:00.000-07:00I totally agree. DH went and bought a second hand...I totally agree. DH went and bought a second hand jig saw a couple of weeks ago, as it was the only one he could get not made in China (Got a made in England one instead). I am trying to buy NZ made if possible, and lots of stuff is second hand here, has to be when you have four kids :-)<BR/><BR/>I will have to try the yummy bar recipe. I did make the chelsea sugar one today, it was quite nice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002324729475292127.post-85424138142765294032008-05-29T02:39:00.000-07:002008-05-29T02:39:00.000-07:00I'm on the same page, but it isn't easy for some t...I'm on the same page, but it isn't easy for some things such as those socks! Last year I read a book called "A Year without Made in China" it really frustrated me because, while the author managed to go without chinese stuff, she did it without really changing her ideas of what her family needed, opting into a lot of continued consumerism. For instance, she spent hours hunting up big plastic easter bunnies....who needs them??Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366149554717495893noreply@blogger.com