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To: Alberta's Child
primary responsibility for these two lies not with our so-called "elite leaders" -- but with ALL OF US (the American consumers).

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.

54 posted on 01/21/2008 6:45:19 AM PST by angkor ("We are not very many mistakes away from a second Holocaust." Newt Gingrich, Nov 15 2007)
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To: angkor
My point is that the U.S. consumer simply didn't care about dog food produced in China, toothpaste produced in China, peanuts produced in China, etc. -- until these things became a problem from a standpoint of health/safety.

If you need any proof of this, just consider this: Chinese-made crap sells well even when it's clearly labeled as Chinese-made crap.

If you were to ask anyone on the street if they'd rather pay $50 for a product made in the U.S. or $20 for a product made in China, they'd probably tell you that they'd pay the extra $30 for the American-made product. But if you followed them through a retail store with a hidden camera and tracked their individual purchases, you'd find the exact opposite.

62 posted on 01/21/2008 6:58:18 AM PST by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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