Currently, a majority of world flags, U.S flags and International miniature flags sold in the United States are made in Asia where cost of stitching is less.
After the Sept.11, 2001 terror attacks, people rushed to show their sense of patriotism by buying U.S flags. The demand in flags rose, and domestic manufacturers couldn’t keep up which opened then the door for Chinese-made American solid color flags. Foreign imports of International flags and American flags were worth around $1 million annually at the time, then American flags surged to nearly $52 million in the weeks that followed.
So far, not every state in the U.S have participated in pushing a bill through legislation restricting government agencies to buy U.S flags made in America. Minnesota and Tennessee have passed similar laws that Kentucky is considering. The bill has sailed through two legislative committees and the Senate without a single “no” vote. The vote is considered a “...Mom and apple pie vote, and you don’t go against those types of votes...It’s extremely problematic” Says Joe Gershtenson, a political scientist at Eastern Kentucky University. It’s definitely a rare bill of diverse political ideologies.
Kentucky is pushing the legislation in honor of military veterans, some of whom has asked to try to ensure that the stars and stripes in Old Glory are stitched by U.S. workers. Also, besides being patriotic sensitive, the bill also helps protect the jobs of American textile workers.
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