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Devils'Advocate · 02-09-2012, 05:23 AM

I typically buy whatever I can from 1st world countries... I buy American made shoes, Canadian made jeans, Canadian made winter boots... my winter jacket cost $450 but I know it wasn't made in a sweatshop (I actually know someone that works in the Quebec factory where it was made). However, I can't buy a Canadian-made iPad.

So this type of story just burns me up:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/bu...2&pagewanted=1

But as one Apple executive said, "The consumer wants newer, faster products with more features more than they are concerned about working conditions. So we place our resources accordingly."

Real TIme with Bill Mahar did a segment about this last Friday evening.

02-09-2012, 05:23 AM	#303
Devils'Advocate #1 Goaltender Join Date: Jul 2005 Exp:	I typically buy whatever I can from 1st world countries... I buy American made shoes, Canadian made jeans, Canadian made winter boots... my winter jacket cost $450 but I know it wasn't made in a sweatshop (I actually know someone that works in the Quebec factory where it was made). However, I can't buy a Canadian-made iPad. So this type of story just burns me up: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/bu...2&pagewanted=1 But as one Apple executive said, "The consumer wants newer, faster products with more features more than they are concerned about working conditions. So we place our resources accordingly." Real TIme with Bill Mahar did a segment about this last Friday evening.