Mittens Sold to Raise Money for US Olympic Team Made in China-abcnews.com

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2013/12/mittens-sold-to-raise-money-for-us-olympic-team-made-in-china/


So my first article was all about how the U.S. Winter Olympic Snowboarding uniforms were not made in the solely in the U.S. Just like all the U.S. Summer Olympic uniforms 2 years ago, which were completely made in China. Although I think Burton did a good job of justifying why we used vendors around the world, I still think the uniforms could have been made in the U.S. and should have been. Now, this article is all about how Mittens are being sold to raise money for the U.S. Winter Olympic team are Made in China. Seriously? I just think this is so ridiculous it makes me laugh. They are mittens! I think we could make those gloves no problem in the U.S. and we can. The gloves are 14 dollars There is a video that comes with the article and in that video David Muir tells us of 4 states and on specific company, Midwest gloves and gear, that could have made the gloves and would have been happy too. But it doesn't end there. David Muir goes to a local yarn shop and talks to one of the employees. Ironically the shop has a color named, Olympic Blue, and the yarn is Made in America too. One yarn ball is $6.49 and you could make two pairs, of the same exact type of gloves, from that one ball of yarn. Not to mention if a factory was buying it, they would be buying it in bulk so it would be even cheaper for the yarn. In the end, we could have easily made $14 gloves that were Made in America with American made yarn. Not only supporting the U.S. Winter Olympic team but supporting U.S. companies and jobs.