Yesterday, ManufactureThis started to call for submissions from folks around the nation.  We’re asking you to share your stories about lost manufacturing jobs, and about how your friends, family, and community are coping with unsafe products, closed factories, and unaffordable healthcare. We’ve received a number of responses already and will include some of them in our daily content.  By the way, when you write to us, please let us know if we can include your full name and your hometown.  Even send us pictures if you’d like.  Email it all to scapozzola@aamfg.org. Without further ado, here are two selections from our Mailbag.  Both reference our first “Keep it Made in America” Town Hall meeting, hosted by John Ratzenberger. From: Sandy in Pontiac, Michigan “Please come to Michigan to do a town hall meeting.  I am sure everyone would turn out - most of us have lost our manufacturing jobs - now we are at $10.00/hr jobs with no benefits.  The people that have lived and worked in Michigan their whole life - now have nothing - thanks to jobs being outsourced.  We must make a stand and keep manufacturing in the United States or we are going to become a third world country!” From: Patricia Mannion in New Hampshire “Please thank John for his work. I am an ex-manufacturing worker for 25 years. We have all been completely devastated and lost our ability to keep up with rising costs due to less viable job opportunities and I have seen many people lose their 401K retirement and jobs and ability to rebound…I am a 53 yr old woman and my father recently died and asked me "what are you folks going to do in the future with no retirement pensions.” ManufactureThis will continue to share the stories of everyday people trying to make ends meet after their manufacturing jobs have been outsourced.  Keep writing to us, and we’ll keep printing your letters.  It’s important that someone has a record of the dislocation brought about by outsourcing.  Maybe we can get some of our presidential contenders to give a read through our Mailbag.  And maybe, just maybe, they’ll say, “Hmm, I think there’s a problem here...”