American Consumption a "Sacrifice?"

Schiff, Peter. "CNBC Redefines the Word "Sacrifice"." safehaven.com. N.p., 11 Feb. 2005. Web. 27 Oct. 2011.

This article is criticizing a person who told CNBC that American consumption is a "sacrifice" and Americans are "bearing the brunt of world consumption," and have the "obligation to consume." He goes on to say that it is not Americans who are bearing a burdon but the foreign countries who produce our goods for us. This article is trying to inform people that it is truly the people who produce goods that are making a sacrifice, not the people consuming them. He says that "foreigners are getting the short end of the economic stick," and "It is as if Americans regard the rest of the world as slaves in their global plantation." The author does not mention anything about buying American products, but he seems to be against foreign countries producing all of our goods. The article was short, interesting, and informative, though some parts were hard to understand. This may be a good article for me to use because it is against foreign countries producing goods for America. However the article mostly talks about how consuming is not a sacrifice but producing is.