Florida bill requires American-made flags

Is it American to require someone to buy American?

That was in essence the debate that consumed the Florida House for a few moments Friday when it considered a bill named the “All American Flag Act.”

The measure, which the House approved by a wide margin, would require that whenever cities, counties and state government buy state and American flags, those flags must be made in the United States.

To some legislators, that mandate goes against the entire idea of the red, white and blue.

But other lawmakers said that taxpayer money should not be spent on flags made in other countries like China, even though information compiled by legislative staff showed that the vast majority of flags bought by the state are already American-made.