Blame it, ultimately, on nature.

I have needs: to drink, to eat, to breathe and
the need (in my society) to be clothed.

I have a budget to meet those needs (well, most
of them) and I strike the 'deal' that I see as
most profitable to me - when I shop the market.


How do you guys 'shop'?

How often does your 'conscience' enter into the
buy decision when cruising "the market"?

Jim


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jinx" <joecolquitt@CLEAR.NET.NZ>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: [OT]: $1-a-day wages


> > Oh, I forgot, those big corporations don't go into third world
> > countries in order to make gobs of money. They do it to help
> > the starving people. That's what the shareholders want more
> > than anything else, social justice
> > :)
> >
> > "pinko" Bob
>
> It's called "Trickle Down Theory" eh Bob.
>
> The "haves" say "buy our products, give us money, we'll pass it on".
>
> The "have nots" see it as being peed on from ever-greater heights
> if the company profits never make it past the fat cats
>
> So, what happens if you buy a product made in a "3rd World"
> economy, especially if it's not that much good, but you can't
> resist a bargain. Who are you supporting - the multi-national
> or the workers who made it ? By buying that item, are you
> encouraging the manufacture of shoddy merchandise, or doing
> your bit to give the workers a leg up ?
>

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