Massive illegal immigration and an enormous trade deficit are the natural result of what happens when you have an entire nation in which every person is delusional enough to believe that he/she can be on the right side of any bell curve (no matter what that bell curve measures -- i.e., income, education level, standard of living, etc.). By definition, 50% of the population will be "below average" by any measure . . . so it is only natural that over time we must fill in the left side of those bell curves with peasant laborers -- either here (Mexican immigrants) or overseas (Chinese slave labor).
Disagree. You're blaming the victim.
The average consumer didn't recognize until very recently the extent of the illegal peasant labor invasion and really still doesn't (e.g., as whole towns in the midwest are being taken over by illegal peasant laborers working at local meatpacking plants).
The consumer didn't know until recently that DOG FOOD, of all things, is being manufactured in China. Or that the "bar peanuts" that are "packaged in Singapore" are actually a "product of China".
The consumer has no obligation or responsibility to vet every product and service they buy to make sure that it conforms with the existing law. That is why we have a government.
Sorry it IS the sole responsibility of the federal government to rigorously enforce existing labor and immigration law. It IS the responsibility of the government to make sure that imported foods meet a certain criteria for hygiene and content. It IS the responsibility to fine and jail those employers who hire illegal peasant laborers. We have laws in place to prevent that sort of thing.