Shopping online.

One of the most frustrating things about shopping online, is that unlike brick and mortar shopping, you can't easily distinguish the point of origin of the product you're looking at. Try it...most sites won't tell you where the product was manufactured. For all sorts of reasons, I think this has to stop, not the least of which, it prevents us from being able to send a political message to different countries.

Thus, I have written a short letter (comment sent online) to my US Senators, that I hope others would follow suit:

"Senator    insert name of your senator   , when we buy products at a brick and mortar store, point of origin labels allow us to discern and selectively choose American products, or to exclude certain countries whether out of political or economic protest. However, as e-commerce grows, it concerns me that businesses have taken to subversively concealing or otherwise obfuscating nationally mandated point of origin labeling, thus preventing us as consumers, from distinguishing our purchases as a conscious choice.

I humbly ask that you support   insert name of your state    and American manufacturers as well as consumers, by sponsoring a bill to require all e-commerce sites that sell goods to Americans, to conspicuously identify those goods being sold, with their point of origin.

Thank you for your consideration.

I think we need to send a strong political message to China - see 60 Minutes video below - on their rampant economic and national intelligence spying in the US.


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