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Vandiver606@hotmail.com (Tom) wrote in message news:<275fc558.0306270954.1cf02574@posting.google.com>...
> "barry in indy" <iamnot@home.com> wrote in message news:<c2VKa.2543$Vx2.1373911@newssvr28.news.prodigy.com>...
> > "Tom" <Vandiver606@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
> > news:275fc558.0306261728.6f95148@posting.google.com...
> > > Boris Dynin <boris@movil.com> wrote in message 
>  news:<decjfv41q2s9o89no3mlpk0lqfkr6ibf5q@4ax.com>...
> > > 
> > > This Kosher food and product racket has been going on too long. Start
> > > looking at your shelves. At one time Brillo pads were "kosher".
> > > Imagine if some White sect started the same extortion program!
> > > 
> > > > This hidden tax gets passed, of course, to all non-Jewish consumers 
>  of
> > > > the products. The scam is to coerce the companies to pay up or 
>  suffer
> > > > the consequences of a Jewish boycott. Jewish consumers have learned
> > > > not to buy any kitchen product that does not have the (U) the (K) 
>  and
> > > > other similar markings.
> > > > 
> > >
> > 
> > Bull! Only "religious" Jews pay any attention to the U and K markings. 
> > And I'm certain you will find that the majority of the Jews in the US 
> > are NOT religious, or at least do not care if they eat ham, mix milk and 
> > meat, or use non-kosher products.
> 
> 
> The point is the "kosher" label does not come free. The consumer pays
> for this fraud.
> 
> Tom


Yes, there is a fraud.  The "kosher tax" scam is a fraud because there
is no such thing. This a hoax. Check out
 http://www.snopes.com/racial/business/kosher.htm .

While studies have shown that the cost per item is perhaps a tenth of
a penny per item, this is misleading.  Since the quantity of items
produced goes up, chances are that the per unit cost is actually lower
with kosher certification.

Any company will do an analysis to see if it's cost effective. It it's
not, they won't certify their products.  Coca Cola, for instance, is
kosher for Passover in New York, but not kosher at all in other parts
of the country. They look at the market and decide if it will improve
their bottom line or not.

If the increased net profit is higher than the cost of certification,
then a company will do it because they make more money, and their
profit per unit is higher and they can in theory afford to charge
nominally less.

Furthermore, it does not cost them a penny to put a K on the box (with
or without a circle around it) if they want to certify on their own
that the product is kosher in a manner consistent with their
understanding of Jewish law.

The whole scam is one perpetuated by racists. Read the snopes article.