Buying American supports economy

I just had to write and congratulate you for publishing the letter from Pete Petran,"It's easy to spot an American company." I loved it. It's probably what a lot of people are thinking but not doing.

Most people are complaining about our economy but when they go shopping, they're always looking for the cheapest price. If they would just realize how everything you purchase - no matter how small - filters down to our economy. If everyone would just start with the small things they buy, look where they are made, think how this will affect a local business, it will help start a building effect to our American economy not some foreign country's economy.

I buy American products as much as I can, and I'm proud of it, no matter how much people brag about their foreign cars and their cheaper prices.

Joe Kudelka

Elk Grove Village