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I really can't take credit for this as it was sent to me via The Mount Diablo Peace Center mailing list. You may have even seen it if it's flying around cyberspace. I think everyone should see it, though, as it's extremely enlightening.

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Think About This One!!! It is short but very interesting!

A car company can move it's factories to Mexico and claim it's a free
market.

A toy company can out source to a Chinese subcontractor and claim it's a
free market.

A shoe company can produce its shoes in south east Asia and claim it's a
free market.

A major bank can incorporate in Bermuda to avoid taxes and claim it's a free
market.

We can buy HP Printers made in Mexico. We can buy shirts made in Bangladesh.
We can purchase almost anything we want from 20 different countries.


But, heaven help the senior citizens who dare to buy their prescription
drugs from Canadian or Mexican pharmacy. That's called un-American! And you
think the pharmaceutical companies don't have a powerful lobby? Think again!

We're all in this boat together! Even if you aren't in this boat now, you're standing on the pier.

 

Michael Bonanno is an associate editor for OpEdNews.

He is also a published poet, essayist and musician who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Bonanno is a political progressive, not a Democratic Party apologist. He believes it's (more...)
 

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