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Agreed, you get the pendulum moving in one direction, it's hard to stop. I do hope that the democracies of the world finally wake up to the threat and enemy that is a self-interested, communist China. Because they are the first nation recovering from the pandemic, they are taking steps - both legal and illegal - right now to gain an advantage over the U.S. and the world. They've announced their intent to ban U.S. reporters from their country, increasing their grip on their people and the way they falsely present themselves to the world.

Until recently, I've been lazy and cheap in buying Chinese goods. The shift with Amazon over the past 18 months prompted me to cancel Prime about a year ago. I actively search for other outlets to buy from companies other than Amazon, and I've started deliberately buying U.S. first, other nations second, and China as a last resort. We need a national effort to return medicine and other basic necessities to U.S. and democratic sourcing. I'm willing to pay more to do that.

RTR,

Tim

<blockquote data-quote="It Takes Eleven" data-source="post: 1327117" data-attributes="member: 11353">Agreed, you get the pendulum moving in one direction, it&#039;s hard to stop.&nbsp; I do hope that the democracies of the world finally wake up to the threat and enemy that is a self-interested, communist China.&nbsp; Because they are the first nation recovering from the pandemic, they are taking steps - both legal and illegal - right now to gain an advantage over the U.S. and the world.&nbsp; They&#039;ve announced their intent to ban U.S. reporters from their country, increasing their grip on their people and the way they falsely present themselves to the world.&nbsp;&nbsp; Until recently, I&#039;ve been lazy and cheap in buying Chinese goods.&nbsp; The shift with Amazon over the past 18 months prompted me to cancel Prime about a year ago.&nbsp; I actively search for other outlets to buy from companies other than Amazon, and I&#039;ve started deliberately buying U.S. first, other nations second, and China as a last resort.&nbsp; We need a national effort to return medicine and other basic necessities to U.S. and democratic sourcing.&nbsp; I&#039;m willing to pay more to do that.RTR,Tim</blockquote>

[QUOTE="It Takes Eleven, post: 1327117, member: 11353"] Agreed, you get the pendulum moving in one direction, it's hard to stop. I do hope that the democracies of the world finally wake up to the threat and enemy that is a self-interested, communist China. Because they are the first nation recovering from the pandemic, they are taking steps - both legal and illegal - right now to gain an advantage over the U.S. and the world. They've announced their intent to ban U.S. reporters from their country, increasing their grip on their people and the way they falsely present themselves to the world. Until recently, I've been lazy and cheap in buying Chinese goods. The shift with Amazon over the past 18 months prompted me to cancel Prime about a year ago. I actively search for other outlets to buy from companies other than Amazon, and I've started deliberately buying U.S. first, other nations second, and China as a last resort. We need a national effort to return medicine and other basic necessities to U.S. and democratic sourcing. I'm willing to pay more to do that. RTR, Tim [/QUOTE]