Soon, Old Glory will have to be born in the land of the free and not merely flying over it.
Congress has passed a proposal to require the federal government to purchase only American flags that have been completely manufactured in the U.S. The U.S. imports millions of American flags from overseas, mostly from China, and the sponsors of the proposal said it’s time for American flags to originate in the country they represent.
Supporters of the proposal, led by Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, said the change is more than just symbolic — they believe it will support American jobs and manufacturers while preserving the nation’s most recognized banner.
So, who’s the donor friend who owns flag manufacturing facilities?
Hello young person, do you know why you should care about the government? Me neither. JFC can we address something that actually matters you fucking empty uniforms. Sorry. Great share, and thanks!
Yeah but take the small wins where you can get them. This is a good thing and we should celebrate even if for a short moment.
my grandfather heard that crock of horse shit his whole childhood and when he grew into an adult he told his kids the same lie
Baby steps we will get there on small victories.
am not telling my kids the same lie
shit does not get better because some less than quarter ass solution got implemented
I hope you never have kids if you’re going to tell them they have nothing to look forward to.
In the US today:
- women can vote
- people of all races can vote
- people of all races can own property
- there is no (official) slavery
- gay people can marry (for now)
- your boss isn’t allowed to fire you because you are gay
- your boss isn’t allowed to fire you for religion
- we got the 40 hour work week and weekends
- child labor is (mostly) outlawed
- women can go to college
- prohibitions like on alcohol and marijuana are slowly fading away
- the grocery store has avocados all year long
But yeah, nothing ever changes incrementally. All those activists who worked their whole lives to peacefully bring these things about, well, that was a waste.
ETA: I’m aware that the end of slavery was not quite “peaceful.” I stand by the point that things are getting better all the time, and that it is mostly from incremental gains.
they believe it will support American jobs and manufacturers
What, like 3 jobs?
Yeah but they’re going to spend $10,000 per flag that costs $0.10 to make. Gotta keep lining those contractor pockets!
This. It’s probably the same contractor they already use, they’re just going to blow the price up.
Oh yeah spread that assumed pessimism. Everything sucks and nothing is ever even a little good unless it’s perfect.
Everyone knows that is exactly how the world works. All at once and perfectly, or evil and only for rich people. Boooooo.
I remember all the cheap Chinese bumper stickers that people were slapping on their cars…an American flag with the words “THESE COLORS DON’T RUN”
Within a couple months most of the flag color had faded. It was so funny seeing a light pink and blue American flag with that contradictory phrase over it.
To be fair, it is extremely weird to imagine the U.S. government buying U.S. flags from China. Like, I’m not some patriot flag-code respecting type, but it does feel like a powerful metaphor to be importing our symbol of freedom from abroad. It’s some severely bad optics at a minimum.
