2012 Olympics Team USA Uniforms

Members of Congress are fuming because the uniforms for the 2012 Olympics in London were made in China. Pelosi and Boehner are angry. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called for them to be burned. We know you're pissed, dude, but that is a little much.

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 This is free market capitalism at work- making garments and trinkets and small household appliances where wages are the lowest. Why those wages are so low is not a concern.  Tommy Hilfiger probably had the chinese infrastructure in place already, so sending a few new designs there was a financial no-brainier.

But what in the world were they thinking? Tommy Hilfiger and Olympic Committee:  are you dumb? Did you not know that these garments would be some of the most scrutinized in the United States? The only garment I can think of that gets as much scrutiny is a First Lady's inaugural gown.  Those are always made in the USA.

First Lady Michelle Obama donates her gown to the Smithsonian March 2010

The politicians are playing to their bases in an election year, for sure, but come on Olympic Committee members.  This is a PR fiasco that did not have to happen.