Soon, Old Glory will have to be born in the land of the free and not merely flying over it.

Congress has passed a proposal to require the federal government to purchase only American flags that have been completely manufactured in the U.S. The U.S. imports millions of American flags from overseas, mostly from China, and the sponsors of the proposal said it’s time for American flags to originate in the country they represent.

Supporters of the proposal, led by Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, said the change is more than just symbolic — they believe it will support American jobs and manufacturers while preserving the nation’s most recognized banner.

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    women can vote until some police officer gets them on trumped up charges because he is on a prolife kick

    people of all races can vote as long as they are allowed to new ways to ban people from voting are made up all the time

    yes people of all races can own property if they can afford to $7.25 is still the minimum wage average US citizen’s purchasing power has not increased since about the 60s

    corporations use prison slave labor all the time even McDonalds

    yes for now marriage equality is a thing and Harris is the only loud supporter on this so far that is in the public eye this much

    in right to work states yes they can

    again in a right to work state a boss could fire you because he is having a bad day

    but it takes more than 40 hours to afford just food and housing

    if the people grow up in an environment filled with pollution and negatively they may get to college

    justice for some is justice delayed it should be fifty states under one union

    no cannabis prohibitions are ramping up not getting better bad products have flooded the market due to lack of regulations and lack of lab tested products

    again with the lack of worker’s rights and stagnation of pay yes only if you got the funds for those avocados

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      Just FYI, you’re mixing up right to work and at-will employment. Right to work has nothing to do with with being fired.

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          Did you read the article you linked to? Because it doesn’t support your point at all.

          again in a right to work state a boss could fire you because he is having a bad day

          In the United States, right to work has nothing to do with at-will employment. Succinctly, right-to-work laws prevent unionized workplaces from requiring employees who opt not to join the union (an option required by the Taft-Hartley Act) to pay toward the cost of union representation. That’s it. It’s all in the article you linked.

          Even the international law definition has nothing to do with at-will employment.