OT Do you care were the products you buy are made - Page 6

Renegade 13 · #51 January 15th, 2004, 04:19 AM

Ah, I see you have a grasp of how Canadian politics works. And you obviously also live in Western Canada. I'd guess either Alberta or BC.

Atrocities · #52 January 15th, 2004, 04:30 AM

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Originally posted by primitive:
Atrocities;
From dictionary.com
Most
adj. Superlative of many., much
1a. Greatest in number: won the most votes.
1b. Greatest in amount, extent, or degree: has the most compassion.
2. In the greatest number of instances: Most fish have fins.

n.
1. The greatest amount or degree: She has the most to gain.
2. Slang. The greatest, best, or most exciting. Used with the: That party was the most!

pron.
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) The greatest part or number: Most of the town was destroyed. Most of the books were missing.

Ok

Fyron · #53 January 15th, 2004, 04:38 AM

AT did not use "most" incorrectly... he proabably should have put some parenthesis around "made in America," but that has nothing to do with most.

TerranC · #54 January 15th, 2004, 05:14 AM

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
on the other hand, CONSTANTLY GETTING IGNORED BY OTTAWA gets annoying.

Constantly getting ignored by ottawa is one thing; having to live with downright inefficient federal laws and getting your coffers filfered by it is another.

TerranC · #55 January 15th, 2004, 05:17 AM

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Originally posted by Atrocities:
The government should empose heavy scantions on anything imported from a comunist country as most of the labor is slave or prison, and there price under mines the prices of simular products sold in the USA, that are actually made in the USA, causing USA companies to lay off workers and close their doors.

Just look to the Semi - Conductor market for more proof on that one.

Sanctions don't really do anything you know; when there's a will to make money, there is ALWAYS a way.

Paul1980au · #56 January 15th, 2004, 05:35 AM

Sanctions by the US on chinesse goods would be bad for world trade and could lead to bigger trade blocks - with world trade up this year well it would hurt global economic recovery.

In the SEIV id like to see exchange of resources on a treaty type basis ie i have suprlus of organics of 10K per turn you have 10K excess minerals lets swap for x amount of turns or only broken if the other party cant supply. This could be an alternative to trade.

Kamog · #57 January 15th, 2004, 07:05 AM

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I thought fishing was just an excuse to get away from the wife and stand around at the edge of the lake drinking beer with the boys.

Yup, I think you're right!

I wonder what the minimum portion of the manufacturing process has to happen in America in order for the seller to be allowed to put a "made in America" sticker on it? What if they produced the entire jacket in China, shipped it to America, and then they sewed the zipper on? Can they claim that it's made in America?

narf poit chez BOOM · #58 January 15th, 2004, 07:11 AM

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Ah, I see you have a grasp of how Canadian politics works. And you obviously also live in Western Canada. I'd guess either Alberta or BC.

it's raining outside. guess.

Fyron · #59 January 15th, 2004, 07:28 AM

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Originally posted by Kamog:
I wonder what the minimum portion of the manufacturing process has to happen in America in order for the seller to be allowed to put a "made in America" sticker on it? What if they produced the entire jacket in China, shipped it to America, and then they sewed the zipper on? Can they claim that it's made in America?

I don't know that there are any laws really covering that, other than possible laws against false advertising...

Renegade 13 · #60 January 15th, 2004, 04:35 PM

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:

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Ah, I see you have a grasp of how Canadian politics works. And you obviously also live in Western Canada. I'd guess either Alberta or BC.

it's raining outside. guess.

Ok, that sounds like Vancouver then.