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lame54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 04:52 PM
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KUCINICH - Made in China or in Washington?
http://www.newsandpolicy.com/news/2007/11/kucinich-made-in-china-hazards-began-with-made-in.html
Kucinich: ‘Made in China’ hazards began with ‘Made in Washington, D.C.’
By Kucinich for President

“Made in China” has become a health and safety warning label for American consumers following the recalls of tens of millions of Chinese-made toys, but the “real warning label should say ‘Made in Washington, D.C. by corporate lobbyists’ because the life-threatening hazards of these products were either ignored or brushed off by members of the Congress seven yeas ago,” Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich said today.

And, at least one then-member of the Senate, John Edwards, who has been railing lately in favor of higher safety standards for Chinese-made products, defended his 2000 vote supporting expanded China trade with the famously reported comment, “it does us no good to pretend that these remedies are perfect and that people will not be hurt.”

“Senator Edwards knew seven years ago that people would be...
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FtWayneBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 05:01 PM
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1. A lot of the problems in this country can be traced to
the flood of cheap Chinese goods received after China got its favored trading nation status, which occurred after they gunned down peacefully protesting students in Tienamen Square.

Now most of our good paying manufacturing jobs have gone - to the Red Chinese.

WTF!?!
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