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Article #8601Re: Don't you just love America?
From: Robert Knowles
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 17:03
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 17:03
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"Margaret Bartley" <REMOVETHISafree@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:ak8b07$fjl$1@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net... > > > I, for one, would be willing to pay the extra few pennies it > would cost to increase the wages of agricultural workers so > they were making a decent living. It would not add much to > the cost of your hamburger or salad bar. It might change > your $3.89 hamburger to $4.15. Reminds me of a recent interview I saw with Ben Cohen of Ben&Jerry's talking about his non-sweatshop clothing line X-Sweat and his setting up a union shop in california which actually gives garment workers benefits. When asked how much his generous benefits affected the price of his shirts, he said, oh about 50 cents per shirt.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,1e618fe1c86c29f8 X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-Thread: 107518,1e618fe1c86c29f8 X-Google-Attributes: gid107518,public X-Google-Thread: 109097,1e618fe1c86c29f8 X-Google-Attributes: gid109097,public X-Google-Thread: 10fa57,1e618fe1c86c29f8 X-Google-Attributes: gid10fa57,public X-Google-Thread: fa37c,1e618fe1c86c29f8 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa37c,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,1e618fe1c86c29f8 X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-24 10:02:32 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-01!sn-xit-08!supernews.com!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.socal.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.neo.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Robert Knowles" <dknowelsjr@cinci.rr.com> Newsgroups: misc.consumers,ok.general,ca.general,dc.general,nj.general,houston.general References: <3D5C278C.20D6D2AE@nospam.com> <ajlpfr$1toe$1@news.hal-pc.org> <3D60377E.2343B887@earthops.net> <ajpj0a$139c$1@news.hal-pc.org> <8Nd89.13312$I6.1120496@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net> <3D616B4E.D5FB38E0@motherearth.net> <%5f89.13514$I6.1142335@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net> <9233muctfoh7pqthrhcrsbu3hp3krj61b6@4ax.com> <u5i89.13667$LO1.1133800@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net> <4dd3muki7l8qmuleb0pav7to7elo52uqi9@4ax.com> <Dyj89.14244$LO1.1149907@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net> <3D626A5E.24AD97B1@motherearth.net> <ak8b07$fjl$1@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net> Subject: Re: Don't you just love America? Lines: 22 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2479.0006 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2479.0006 Message-ID: <X%O99.49041$N9.7868644@twister.neo.rr.com> Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 17:03:51 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.27.204.188 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.neo.rr.com 1030208631 65.27.204.188 (Sat, 24 Aug 2002 13:03:51 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 13:03:51 EDT Organization: Road Runner High Speed Online -- Northeast Ohio