well said.
max
Ive let the sweatshop discussion go by for lack of time, but, since
this issue has been something of a preoccupation of mine for a long
time, I feel I should say something. . . .
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As an example, I recently heard an interview on US National Public Radio
of
a woman (I don't think I ever heard her name) who wrote a book about
Birmingham (Alabama) and the church bombing that's currently the subject
of
a trial there. (Interestingly, her father -- a fine
... is also a fervent Christian as well as a capitalist
fundamentalist. My guess that as long as poor people can go to heaven and
sit at the right hand of Jesus, stuff like polluted water, low wages,
ramshackle housing, illiteracy, etc. don't count for that much. After all,
if you are going to
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Subject: [PEN-L:10589] Re: Re: Re: Sweatshops
... is also a fervent Christian as well as a capitalist
fundamentalist. My guess that as long as poor people can go to heaven and
sit at the right hand of Jesus, stuff like polluted water, low wages,
ramshackle housing, illiteracy, etc
Ian Murray wrote:
Yes. Harkin's claim was that the bill would improve conditions in
Bangladesh--would make the Bangladeshi government straighten up and
fly right. He was wrong.
If Harkin had tied his bill to increased development aid for
Bangladesh, I would think better of him...
Ian Murray wrote:
Yes. Harkin's claim was that the bill would improve conditions in
Bangladesh--would make the Bangladeshi government straighten up and
fly right. He was wrong.
If Harkin had tied his bill to increased development aid for
Bangladesh, I would think better of
Ian
Since the point is that the policy as written was *stupid* and
*counterproductive*, that's irrelevant. To get something destructive
out of committee is an achievement only to those who view politics
as an arena for personal self-expression.
Brad DeLong
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Well, why didn't Harkin get Jesse Helms to write a kinder gentler
aid/develoment
package so that schools and health clinics would be built. Was THAT the
anti-sweatshop movement's fault?
Yes. Harkin's claim was that the bill would improve conditions in
At 01:58 PM 4/23/2001 -0700, you wrote:
... is also a fervent Christian as well as a capitalist
fundamentalist. My guess that as long as poor people can go to heaven and
sit at the right hand of Jesus, stuff like polluted water, low wages,
ramshackle housing, illiteracy, etc. don't count for
John Henry is also a fervent Christian as well as a capitalist
fundamentalist.
I am a Christian. But that has little to do with my views on capitalism and
economics. I really don't even consider myself a capitalist. I am a liberal
(classic liberal, libertarian or minarchist, if you prefer) I
Does this mean that the PK watch is returning after a long hiatus?
no way. I have to work. -- Jim Devine.
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I asked:aren't there some fundamentalists -- present company excluded, of course --
who
want to speed up the end of life on earth, so we can join Jesus?
John Henry says:
Probably, there are all sorts of people who believe all sorts of things.
I'm not familiar with any group in particular
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