The good news is that, by law, henceforth the Pentagon must buy
American flags from American companies that actually make the flags in America.
The bad news is that this wasn't true until now.
The other bad news is that our government is the single largest
purchaser of clothing made outside the United States, and that includes
military uniforms.
I’m not one of the folks who blindly argues “Buy American,” there’s way
too much stuff we all need and want that isn’t made or grown in the United
States, it really is a post-isolationist world as far as commerce goes.
But, by gosh, I do think I have a narrow-minded bias in favor of
supplying our armed forces with uniforms, weapons and other stuff, including
flags, from companies staffed by American workers.
Let’s agree that our men and women in uniform should see “Made in the
U.S.A.” when they look at the labels on their shirts, and when they salute the
flag.
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