[LS]

Mary Kay Ash? Where have you been. She made her mark in the late 1950s. Ray Kroc? Since when were there protective tariffs on hamburgers? Man you are out to lunch (no pun intended).

[harpseal]

Protective tariffs were in place untill the last round of the GATT talks this provided the economic envirornment for these entrepenuers to thrive. Like I said show me some entrepenurial success stories from a no tariff envirornment.

[RaceBannon]

Mary Kay Ash? Where have you been. She made her mark in the late 1950s. Ray Kroc? Since when were there protective tariffs on hamburgers? Man you are out to lunch (no pun intended).

Boy, are you out to lunch!!

Mary Kay products became a world wide conglomerate because she started here, and the goods made by her company had to be approved because of govt regulations that foreign companies cannot provide enough quality control on to pass the standards...until the last 2 decades, and then unless Mary Kay moved her manufacuring plants overseas, they would be starting from scratch to compete.

Now, what makes you think that Mary Kay DOESN'T buy the chemicals to make cosmetics overseas?? How do you KNOW she hasnt already sold out the chemical manufacturers like this to a company that DID comply with the FDA at a fraction of an American company's cost?

And Ray Croc?? At what point in reality will you recognize that hamburgers dont come from china in a cost effective manner and pass FDA regulations?

Two very bad examples of equivilance.