US Job Openings Decline to Lowest Level in More Than a Year

Re:US Job Openings Decline to Lowest Level in More Than a Year by mbgerring on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @05:40PM (#46534202)

What’s funny about this is that I actually can’t. 2 examples:

For years, I’ve tried to buy only American-made denim. When the Cone Mills plant closed, I bought a bunch of dead stock jeans. There was one attempt since Cone Mills closed to open a new US denim factory, but it failed. Unless you’re buying whatever’s left of that increasingly rare stock, you can’t buy American-made denim.

Another example — I’m currently in the market for custom-formulated silicone and acrylic products. Every US manufacturer I’ve approached just sends an email that says “no we don’t do that”. I have like 5 Chinese suppliers on Alibaba trying to make a deal with me.

I would much rather source domestically as soon as someone tells me how to do it.

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Re:US Job Openings Decline to Lowest Level in More Than a Year by estearum on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @05:46PM (#46534300)

Sure there is a (growing set) of product categories you can’t buy in the US. What I typically find though is all these “we should force people to buy US” folks don’t actually own American-made goods even in categories where it’s relatively easy.

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