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Old 05-06-2008, 11:17 AM   #11
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I wonder why the same people who raged against the clothing sweatshops that employ underpaid, underage people are not protesting some of the same victims that assemble thier televisions and Ipods in the NAFTA friendly countries? When production of these electronic devices left the states they didn't get any cheaper. Maybe because th boat ride back cost so much.
I don't think they are making too many of our electronics in Canada and Mexico. I'm pretty sure they are still being made in Asian sweat shops. And hopefully, if they are being made in Mexico and Canada, they have figured out that they don't need a boat to get the items to the U.S.

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