"Buy American" Legislation Draws Fire

[Moooooo]

U.S.-international trade, a tech industry group is blasting "Buy American" legislation passed by the House of Representatives this week.

On Friday, the Information Technology Association of America called the measure bad security policy and bad economic policy. The legislation, an amendment to the Homeland Security Authorization Act, would force the Department of Homeland Security to buy products mostly made in America.

The legislation was authored by Rep. Don Manzullo, an Illinois Republican, and passed by the House on Wednesday. It would require more than 50 percent of the components in any end product procured by the department to be mined, produced or manufactured inside the United States.

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[A18]

How dumb.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

he may be a Republican, but he's right on here.

[Beet]

I'm sure the libertarians in the GOP will be happy about this.

[Gabu]

While I can understand the sentiment behind this bill, I seriously wonder about its practicality.  If America wants to continue to be the best in the world, it's not going to help that along by severely restricting its ability to do what the most optimal thing is to do.

Recently in BC we contracted out the manufacture of new ferries to - I believe - a German maker because it was cheaper.  While there were many who yelled that we should have gone with BC manufacturers, I honestly could not care less, and as far as I could tell, the government was saving taxpayers money.

[A18]

A clear violation substantive due process.