A "must read" for National Poetry Month:A poem about Business called "It used to be Made in America"

SAN MATEO, Calif. - March 19, 2018 - PRLog -- HERE IS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT A POEM THAT THE WHOLE NATION SHOULD THINK ABOUT.

IT'S A POEM CALLED "IT USED TO BE MADE IN AMERICA"

A few verses of the poem are included in this article. You can see the whole poem online at www.itusedtobemadeinamerica.com and also at www.madeinusa.us.com

"April is National Poetry Month and 'It used to be Made in America' is one of those poems that the whole nation might want to think about. It is a poem that every businessperson should read, every politician should read and every American should read," says Robert Barrows, author of the poem

and President of R.M. Barrows Advertising & Public Relations in San Mateo, California.

"It used to be Made in America" is a poem about the loss of jobs and the consequences of the outsourcing of manufacturing to other countries.

"It paints a vivid picture of conflicting economic forces, says Barrows, and it's a business story, a social story, a national story and it's also a local story."

"It's not just about the state of manufacturing in America, says Barrows, it's about the state of manufacturing and the state of the economy in every city and town across the nation."

You can see the whole poem online at www.itusedtobemadeinamerica.com and also at www.madeinusa.us.com.

Here are a few of the verses of the poem.

The first verse goes like this:

It used to be made in America

It used to be made in my town

It used to be made just down the street

Now they've shut that factory down

Two other verses of the poem go like this:

The deals overseas are way too tempting

The savings are way too dear

But the real cost we pay is far greater

It's a cost we pay for in fear

It used to be made in America

In the good old U.S. of A.

But when it takes so many jobs away

It's a price I'm not willing to pay

When you do any stories about the state of the economy and the state of manufacturing in the area in which you live, there are a lot of interesting questions to address regarding the state of the economy on a local and regional basis in every city and town across the country.

Here are some of those questions:

A) WHAT IS THE STATE OF JOBS AND THE STATE OF MANUFACTURING IN YOUR AREA?

Is manufacturing in your area increasing or is it declining in your area?

Is the glass half-empty of half-full?

*How many manufacturing jobs have been lost?

*How many factories have closed down?

*How many jobs have been outsourced to other countries?

What are the human and economic consequences of all that outsourcing? What can be done about it? How can America bring those jobs back?

B) WHAT IS THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY IN THE AREA IN WHICH YOU LIVE?

1) Is it getting better or is it getting worse?

2) What is the state of the school systems?

*How many schools have been shut down?

*How many programs have been cancelled?

*How many teachers have been added or laid off?

3) What is the state of the "quality of life?"

*Is there a growing disparity between the rich and the poor where you live?

*How many people are homeless? Are the numbers increasing or decreasing?

*How many people are struggling to get by? Are those numbers increasing or decreasing?

*How many job opportunities have been opening up in your area?

*Have there been a lot of layoffs over the past few years? Have there been a lot of layoffs recently?

4) And regarding some of the recent economic reports about the state of manufacturing in America, what is the state of manufacturing in your area?

*How many factories have been closed down?
How many factories have been built?

*How many jobs have been outsourced to other countries?

*How many jobs have been created?

*Is the situation getting a little better, a lot better? Is the situation getting worse, or not moving much at all?

If there have been a lot of job losses due to outsourcing, what are the human and economic consequences of all that outsourcing? What can be done about it? How can America bring those jobs back?

These are the themes that run through the poem "It used to be Made in America" according to Barrows, and he hopes to be able to develop the poem into a variety of projects that could help bring more attention to the need for manufacturers and retailers to start making more of their manufacturing and purchasing decisions to offer more products that are made in America.

He also hopes to be able to develop the poem into some country and hip-hop songs and some television and documentary film type projects about the state of manufacturing in America and the efforts to revive manufacturing in America.

He also hopes to be able to develop the website into a series of moneymaking directories about manufacturing, jobs, products, requests for proposals and sources of funding for projects and products that would be made in America.


For more information about "It used to be Made in America," and to arrange an interview with Robert Barrows, call 650-344-4405.