I'm of the Milton Friedman school of thought so I couldn't disagree more...the free market forces will take care of themselves - as they are doing now. That being said...as a free market capitalist who votes with their dollars...I vote not to buy from China.
elizabeth On 4/16/07, wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thus the effects of a global economy...things were so much simpler when we weren't buying over 75% of our goods from overseas. I think it's dangerous to our very existence to set up our national economy in this manner. Here's to buying U.S. made only!!! And I will not be buying anything Chinese if I can help it. So much controversy with that country. :) Wendy --- Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The death and sickness of what we are dealing with > is a the real > nightmare. We've already been surprised about how > few > factories/companies/suppliers are truly involved in > the making of our > processed pet foods. It can be done. I don't know > how long it would > take to track this sort of data base, who knows, > maybe someone is in the > process as I type this. It's already too late for > thousands of dogs and > cats, I'm very sorry to say that it appears > thousands more will > experience the same fate before we get to the bottom > of it, if we ever do. > Nina > > wendy wrote: > > It's not just as simple as comparing ingredients > when > > you're talking about this many companies. They > have > > to compare all of the following: each ingredient, > from > > which company each came from, and then for each > > individual ingredient, they need a list of > ingredients > > that made that ingredient, and which companies > > provided each of those, and so on...until they get > > down to the raw ingredients for everything that > made > > that product what it is. Then they also have to > look > > at batches/dates for all of those, and all the > > manufacturing facilities involved. It's a > logistical > > nightmare... > > > > :) > > Wendy > > > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world: Indeed it is the only thing that ever has!" ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
