It's not so All American Anymore!

The USA, the land of plenty, hot dogs, baseball, apple pie, cool cars and candy bars!
Whoops, not so fast, there Howdy Doody, a few things have changed.
Our cool cars are under attack, and even that most American of cars, the Corvette has a tag that lists some 67% American OR Canadian content. Not good, and baseball, well, Barry Bonds has poisoned it beyond all belief by being a cheater that takes steroids to get records. I reckon apple pie is safe, for now, until we start importing our apples from China because some fat cat can makes 23 dollars more a year by doing it, and hey, if a few pesticides kill some kids, or some genetic experiment goes wrong and we have mutant kids, oh well, as long as the ol' profit margin is up, it's all good. Right?
Wrong, but hey, no biggie, it's just human lives.
Hot dogs are pretty safe, once again, until some schmuck figures out how to get them cheaper, and if a little sawdust, asbestos, and chlorine gets in there, no huge loss.
That brings me to the classic candy bar.
GI's handing them out to kids in Europe, Asia, etc. Mars bars, Hershey bars, you name it, we made it, and it was the best! Sometimes you feel like a nut, and sometimes you don't? Classic! You got your peanut butter in my chocolate! You got your chocolate in my peanut butter! Two great tastes that taste great together!
Except they don't taste so good anymore.
Most Americans have never even heard of Oakdale, California. It's a small community in the Central Valley, kind of hot in the summer, kind of flat, but since 1965 it was home to Hershey's west coast operation. Not anymore.
Some genius at Hershey realized that they could save a fortune if they shuttered it and moved it south.
All the way to Mexico.
Now I have no quarrel with Mexico, nor am I one of those idiots who hates immigrants, but other than shaving a few bucks off of production costs in order to make the stockholders richer (and let us never forget the executives!!), there is no earthly reason to do this. You now have increased shipping costs, etc. and quite frankly, with the worry about foreign made products being unsafe, it'd be a foolish idea to risk it, but you know why they're doing it?
Because Americans are too dumb to know or care.
Don't want to insult you, but it's true!
You'll happily suck up a bagful of those Herhey's kisses in their pretty red, silver and green foil for Christmas, and never spend one second thinking about the 578 Americans who no longer have a job because of it.
They're cutting costs by a large amount, but are they cutting PRICES?
Hell no.
Are they increasing profits by a god-awful amount?
You betcha!
Will those 578 Americans all find jobs that pay as well, with the same benefits? Hell, no. Some of them might not find jobs at all. Some will opt for help from the government, some will try to find a job elsewhere, but not a one of them is going to have it easy. Not a one.
Think about that.
A single mom, who barely made ends meet as it was with her check from the plant, now she's out of work. Two kids, who probably enjoy a candy bar now and again, except this Haloween and Christmas, there won't be any. Might not be much of a holiday at all.
How do those Hershey's Kisses taste now?
Do they kind of stick in your throat?
Maybe kind of make you gag a little bit?
Maybe your conscience is kicking in?
Good for you.
Now do the right thing.
Say NO to the Hershey Brand.
Hershey.
Reeses.
Almond Joy.
Payday.
Kit Kat.
York Peppermint Patty.
Whoppers
Heath.
JUST SAY NO!
Don't buy their foreign made crap, don't support their immoral profits, and don't tell them it's OK to ruin American lives for corporate greed.
Next installment features some delicious, and truly tasty options that you can feel GOOD about eating!