On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 04:15:00PM -0500, Gabriel Sechan wrote:
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> >From: "Paul G. Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> >So, John, Lan, and anyone else, what is the answer to competing with
> >manufacturing markets that basically have forced and child labor?
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> Very simple- require any company selling a product in US markets to follow
> US employment, work safety, environmental, etc laws regaurdless of physical
> location of manufacture in order to sell in the US. Punishment for
> breaking this is 10 times the gross revenue for the lifetime of the
> product, and life in jail for the CEO. I garuntee you it would work- the
> consequences of not following it would outweigh the risks.
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> It would also tank our economy, and raise consumer prices by at least 100%.
> The question is: how much are our values worth to us? The unfortunate
> answer is that they aren't worth much, look at how well Nike still does.
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> Gabe
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We might be able to step into such a solution gradually, but it would
require a commitment that spanned changes in administrations.
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