Boycott Hersheys?

I have been railing against this trend for the past few years.

It is not just Hershey.

Ford, GM, Chrysler barely buy from American suppliers anymore, it is getting to the point that 90% of the parts that go into "American made" cars are coming from Asia.

Pfizer, Merck and other pharms are setting up plants in China

MascoTech, Dell, HewlittPackard, Microsoft, Apple and other tech companies, have moved support to India and Bangalore and the components are all manufactured in China.

Even our big accounting firms and insurance companies are farming out huge percentages of the work to India & China.

As you can see by the above respondents, Americans DON'T CARE.

For the loss of every good/great paying American job, you can add 3-5 more jobs that go away. Jobs like suppliers, grocery store clerks, insurance agents, waiters, dentists and the like.

We have off-shored our childrens future in the name of cheap socks from China.

The folly of our ways is becoming apparent, but the idiots in Washington and the CEOs making 30 million a year don't care. Yet.

The "downturn in our economy" is not the "sub prime mortgage" crisis. It is the LOSS OF JOBS.

Until the federal and state governments start reporting ACTUAL unemployment and INFLATION figures, no one will notice or care.

The only "good thing" is that many of the idiots above might begin to see the error of their ways when they lose THEIR jobs.

And it won't be much longer before that happens.

Nope. Like any other company, Hersheys must try to get its products to customers at the lowest possible cost, and if that means moving works elsewhere, that's what they must do. There is a lot of competition in the chocolate business. Markets are changing more rapidly nowadays than ever before, and it is no longer reasonable to expect that you will have a career with one firm, or even doing one thing: you must be prepared to change with the times, and deliver a service that someone is willing to pay for. There is not much demand these days for people who make buggy whips.

I agree alot of companies are doing that because the labour is cheaper over in those countries and I also agree that not buying thier product wold send a strong message, that is if enough people do it, it's a good idea alot of car companies and thngs should be boycotted too,

I wish you good luck in this venture. I live in the UK so Hersheys are not a common brand over here but if I lived in the USA I would certainly join your campaign.

I dont know if i can do the same thing wilth food but I Do loook for household products that say made in the Usa on them

Welll...there will always be fast food, I guess. Sorry, I like Hershey's too much to boycott them. Who will help my PMS if I can't have Hershey's?

your grandkids should go to college and become something besides a factory worker

no, im not boycotting hersheys!

I thought that you Americans worshiped free enterprise. You can't have it both ways. If you want a free market then go ahead and have a free market, but stop complaining when companies act freely.

I'm so tired of people bad-mouthing socialism all the time and then whining when you don't get things your way. I like capitalism but I also think that it needs controls but like I said, you can't have your chocolate bar and eat it too.

you do have a good point

DON'T BOYCOTT HERSHEY'S

they don't deserve it