The all American
Flag Act
You have heard for many years now the slogan
Made in America?
How about
MADE IN FLORIDA
Florida lawmaker wants flags to
be made in America
News
Service of Florida
1:51 p.m. EDT, October 23,
2013
U.S. and Florida flags
purchased for public use by the state and local governments would have to be
American-made, under a bill by state Rep. Ritch Workman, R-Melbourne.
Made in Florida?
Just like the Water bottling
plants, all of them, Pet treats, flags could be made by Florida's own
companies?
Well DUH!
The measure (HB 201), filed
Monday, would require American and Florida flags to be made from materials
grown, produced and manufactured in the United States. If approved, a person
found violating the requirement would face a second-degree misdemeanor.
No Senate companion has been
filed to the bill, dubbed the "All-American Flag Act." A similar
measure has previously been proposed in the U.S. House with the intention of stopping
the federal government from buying and flying U.S. flags made outside the
country.
The federal measure was
initially filed in 2012 after the Los Angeles Times reported that in 2011 there
were $3.6 million in U.S. flags imported into the United States, mostly from
China.