You hit the nail on the head exactly.

Support those who "make things" especially when
its your neighbor or could mean your neighbor's
existence.

Buy locally - the job you save might be your own

On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 08:17:46 -0500
  Robert Mac Dowell <yakandhike@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>   This is the reason this country is the condition it is
>now. People want to save $9.00 on a cheap plastic piece
>of crap that is no where neare the quality of the other,
>just to save $9.00.