The Failure of No Government Regulation

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Originally Posted by hillbilly

I got blasted again last week in Sears. I was needing a tool and asked for COO before going to checkout and a lady shopping over heard me asking and she asked what did it matter. I told her kindly, and explained that not only did it help keep Americans in work but the working conditions in China in which people take advantage of cheap labor were not so good. She came back at me with this: '' maybe so, but if we all decided not to buy products made in China then those people making very little in poor working conditions would be out in the street with nothing ''. I honestly didn't know what to say.

It's tough. Without our custom the factory wouldn't be in Bangladesh. And no one would be going to jail either even if it was.

Many don't realize how desperately poor millions upon millions of Chinese are. Subsistence farmers really.

Originally Posted by bobabode

They sure like to lay it all at Clinton's door, tho. A-holes need a civics lesson about how legislation is crafted in Uhmerica. House>Senate>House>Senate. Only then is it sent to the President's desk. If the votes in Congress exceed the veto limit? He might as well sign it. Who needs to spend political capital on a phyrric victory?

Oh so THAT'S why Clinton signed it

Here's what he said when it passed (note multiple references to his campaigning FOR it):

http://www.sweetspeeches.com/s/1294-...gning-of-nafta

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Especially mens underwear.

Yes, some sell exclusively on the internet now. I bought a pair of steel toe boots online for work. "Carolina" brand, USA made. Nice boots, that actually fit my weird feet comfortably. (Size 10 1/2-EEEEEE) comfortably. They were $140, but my employer picked up $80 of that.

Dave

Carolina boots rock.

Pete