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pan6467 · 06-22-2004, 05:15 PM

Then something needs to be done, eh?

We claim this country to be the greatest on Earth yet, companies are willing to exploit their workers by paying as low a wage as possible.

If it could work and if enough people would stand up and boycott $1 at cost shoes being sold for $100 things would change drastically.

Problem is we have been pushed into corners and told anyone who thinks we can do and pay better is a radical and they are leftist nutcases, so the majority won't listen or they believe they can't change anything.

However, this is not only a nation with a proud history of hard workers BUT the world's greatest consumer nation, and I truly feel an across the board boycott of any imported item even if only 25% of the population participated would change things dramatically.

I am a firm believer that a nation needs to PRODUCE a majority of their own goods, and if they can't or lack the materials then an international board is set up to help them get industry started .

In the end you have got to pay workers enough to have a comfortable life and make sure your country's peoples are taken care of or they will in time rebel.

We cannot keep going from one country to another exploiting their peoples for low pay then leaving as soon as they want more. We'll run out of countries and we'll see even greater hatred towards the USA.

By the way, who's to say Al Quida can't put some anthrax powder or nerve agent in your shoe or whatever, or spray some deadly insecticide on the produce we import from Argentina. Nice way to really terrorize us, make our consumables deadly. By the time we traced where it was coming from millions would be dead or dying.

Outrageous? Yes, but highly possible.

06-22-2004, 05:15 PM	#36 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	Then something needs to be done, eh? We claim this country to be the greatest on Earth yet, companies are willing to exploit their workers by paying as low a wage as possible. If it could work and if enough people would stand up and boycott $1 at cost shoes being sold for $100 things would change drastically. Problem is we have been pushed into corners and told anyone who thinks we can do and pay better is a radical and they are leftist nutcases, so the majority won't listen or they believe they can't change anything. However, this is not only a nation with a proud history of hard workers BUT the world's greatest consumer nation, and I truly feel an across the board boycott of any imported item even if only 25% of the population participated would change things dramatically. I am a firm believer that a nation needs to PRODUCE a majority of their own goods, and if they can't or lack the materials then an international board is set up to help them get industry started . In the end you have got to pay workers enough to have a comfortable life and make sure your country's peoples are taken care of or they will in time rebel. We cannot keep going from one country to another exploiting their peoples for low pay then leaving as soon as they want more. We'll run out of countries and we'll see even greater hatred towards the USA. By the way, who's to say Al Quida can't put some anthrax powder or nerve agent in your shoe or whatever, or spray some deadly insecticide on the produce we import from Argentina. Nice way to really terrorize us, make our consumables deadly. By the time we traced where it was coming from millions would be dead or dying. Outrageous? Yes, but highly possible. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?" Last edited by pan6467; 06-22-2004 at 05:22 PM..