Free trade:
cheap labor and expensive recalls
Wednesday, November 12, 2007
By Devvy Kidd
NewsWithViews.com
"The
measure of the wealth of a nation is indicated by the measure of its protection
of its industry; the measure of the poverty of a nation is marked by the
degree in which it neglects and abandons the care of its own industry,
leaving it exposed to the action of foreign powers." Congressman Henry
Clay, 1824
In my
October 10, 2007, column I covered the list
of young girls who have already died from taking the HPV vaccine and the
thousands of cases already being reported from severe adverse affects.
Should one wonder where the ingredients for these vaccines are coming
from? I also listed more dangerous drugs the Federal Drug Administration,
aka, the Federal Death Administration, has pulled because people are dying
or suffering massive stokes and heart attacks. All drugs the Federal Death
Administration, pimps for the mega billionaire pharmaceutical houses,
said were safe. One of these days I would love to see doctors by the thousands
file a class action law suit against the FDA over the treaty issue and
jurisdiction. Not to mention their, oppressive, tyrannical tactics and
persecution of doctors who practice alternative medicine and for the FDAs
banning certain natural supplements that we know are safe, but cut into
the profits of these big pharma houses.
As constitutional
attorney, Larry Becraft, pointed out in his June
12, 2004, column, the FDA derives their jurisdiction from international
treaties:
"The
power of the DEA to control "bad" drugs such as opium and cocaine is constitutionally
indistinguishable from the similar power of the FDA to control other "drugs"
such as Vitamin B and shark cartilage. If the DEA is a treaty-based federal
agency, is it not possible that so is the FDA? As you might expect, the
authority of the FDA arises from a 1906 international Agreement for Unification
of Pharmacopeial Formulas for Potent Drugs.
"There
are other examples of treaties being used to provide jurisdiction for
federal crimes. Of course, Congress completely lacks delegated authority
to control prostitution within the states. In summary, it is quite clear
that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, DEA and FDA are treaty-based federal
agencies. Under the U.S. Constitution, Congress has the power to make
criminal four types of conduct: treason, counterfeiting, piracies and
felonies on the high seas, and offenses against the laws of nations. Very
few people discuss which precise federal crimes fall within the category
of offenses against the laws of nations and it would be very beneficial
if we knew which crimes were of this type. Obviously, the criminal provisions
of the federal gambling laws and the federal drug laws can be but one
thing: offenses against the law of nations."
Now,
you tell me how it is an offense against Spain, Peru or Finland if I want
to take Vitamin B-17? You tell me how it is an offense against Ireland,
Saudi Arabia or South Africa if Dr. Smith wants to prescribe natural supplements
or a certain procedure with a patient's permission? Instead, hundreds
of good, decent, AMA trained doctors have been sent to prison for being
healers instead of pill pushers. On top of that, we have the insidious
Codex guidelines, global of course. Updates
here. This is another area where Congress has sold out the American
people for BIG campaign donations from the pharmaceutical companies who
do good on one hand, but on the other, they have allowed greed to kill
Americans.
Next
we're seeing these massive recalls of products from Communist China. I'm
one of those who fought against NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement
(No American Factories Taking Jobs) because so many of us knew what was
going to happen: the total gutting of our most important job sectors which
provided good jobs, good pay and job security. Here we are 12 years down
the road with massive trade imbalances, MILLIONS of jobs lost - all for
cheap labor for corporations who dumped on American workers. What a bargain.
Cheap, you say? Go to Macy's or other department stores like Sears or
Neiman Marcus and compare some rag on the hanger from commie China, commie
Hong Kong or Bangladesh and it is equal to or MORE than the same or similar
garment made here in America. Go ahead and compare, I have. Maybe you
can get some sweats or tees at China (Wal) Mart cheaper, but either we
support America first or we will not survive.
Gifts
from the East. Poisoned pet food that has killed dozens of beloved dogs.
Seafood full of dangerous antibiotics. Toothpaste tainted with, love this
one - an ingredient in antifreeze. Automobile tires missing a key safety
component. Toys from Communist China slicked with a date rape drug; see
details here. A new addition to my Made in America section on my web
site, America's Business To Consumers Incorporated
(USAB2C), has a section on these recalls you should check out and don't
forget to communicate these important recalls with friends, family and
especially elderly parents who might not be on-line. This is an excellent
site. How about dangerous prescription drugs being consumed by you and/or
your family? It is a huge counterfeiting operation from guess where? Communist
China and this
is NOT an isolated case.
Of course,
there's no malice or intent by the companies in China, a Godless, communist
country, putting a date rape drug in toys to be sold in America. It's
all just a mistake, not enough 'quality control.' Right. This factory
is making toys for children in America and somehow large quantities of
a date rape drug just happens to be in the work area where toys are being
mass produced? Let's not forget the million or so dogs and cats skinned
ALIVE by "businessmen" in Communist China every year who take the fur
and put it in sweaters, parks and doll clothes which gets shipped and
sold illegally here in the U.S. Details and video
here. Don't eat before you watch it. The next time you buy a $75 dollar
sweater or $250.00 ski parka for a Christmas gift from Communist China,
there's a good chance it has dog or cat fur from a poor little creature
skinned alive. Don't believe those labels because they're lying.
Mattel
and other manufacturers sold out the American people who built their mega
corporations by closing plants and factories here in the U.S. They went
to commie countries like China for cheap labor. Big dividend checks and
mega million dollar annual salaries for the CEOs. Well, now it's coming
home to roost because someone will have to pay the massive bucks involved
with these recalls and lawsuits. If the corporations selling these recalled
products lower their price in an effort to boost sales, those dividend
checks to Americans who care only about money and not what's right for
America, won't be happy. They can raise the cost of these crappie toys
or the tooth paste to try and recover some of the enormous costs of recalls
and that will have to be passed along to the consumer. All the way around,
it's a losing proposition. Cheap labor has suddenly become quite expensive.
How about a pair of cheap flip flops from Wal Mart? Might want to look
at these pictures first.
Since
NAFTA went into effect, we have lost MILLIONS of critical manufacturing,
industrial and agricultural jobs. While enriching foreign governments
and keeping people in other countries employed, we have been reduced to
a service oriented country that is no longer self-sustaining. We MUST
turn this around, but it won't be easy or without pain. Retailers are
already worried, as well they should be, that this will be a dismal 'holiday
season'. The sub prime melt down is just the tip of the iceberg. Two million
Americans will lose their homes by next summer, car repos are running
record numbers as well as credit card defaults and as one recent head
line read: 'The last
dead bull on Wall Street'; the news is going to get worse. Then you
have Americans like me who refuse to buy made in Communist China which
also hurts the economy.
Washington
Times, December 6, 1993, accurately reflect Sir Goldsmith's statements
during the hearings, which I watched on C-SPAN: "The late billionaire,
French financier, Sir James Goldsmith, warned America during the Ernest
Hollings committee hearings on "free" trade: "Global free trade will force
the poor of the rich countries to subsidize the rich in poor countries.
What GATT means is that our national wealth, accumulated over centuries,
will be transferred from a developed country like Britain to developing
countries like Communist China, now building it's first ocean going navy
in 500 years."
"China,
with its 1.2 billion people, three Indochinese states with 900 million,
the former Soviet republics with some 300 million, and many more can supply
skilled labor for a fraction of Western costs. Five dollars in Communist
China is the equivalent of a $100 wage in Europe." It is quite amazing
that GATT is sowing the seeds for global social upheaval and that it is
not even the subject of debate in America....If the masses understood
the truth about GATT, there would be blood in the streets of many capitals.
A healthy national economy has to produce a large part of its own needs.
It cannot simply import what it needs and use it's labor force to provide
services for other countries."
"We
have to rethink from top to bottom why we have elevated global free trade
to the status of sacred cow, or moral dogma. It is a fatally flawed concept
that will impoverish and destabilize the industrialized world while cruelly
ravaging the Third World."
Sir
Goldsmith could see into the future, only it's been far worse than he
predicted. Let's not forget what those dollars you're sending to Communist
China are buying: "And red star rising. We're exporting our wealth to
China. Beijing is using that money to build up its military. Former U.S.
ambassador to China, James Lilley, is our guest.' Lou Dobbs show, December
15, 2004. Communist China our friends? How about their espionage against
us? See
here.
The
Christmas buying season starts the day after Thanksgiving. Many people
like me don't participate. Oh, Christmas is a beautiful time of the year.
I've spent it in the snow on ski trips and in fine weather in California.
Wonderful music and most important, a time to be with family. However,
I convinced my family 7-8 years ago that even you believe our Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ, was born on December 25th, which I don't, why are
we buying everyone birthday presents when it isn't my birthday or theirs?
We settled on a compromise: kids up to pre-teen in the family would still
get gifts. No, Bah humbug, just what our family worked out. No more of
my 80 year old mom dealing with the stress of the shopping and then long
lines at the post office.
I would
like to offer up some alternative ideas if you want to support our fellow
Americans and American jobs this Christmas season. Two years ago, we gave
my niece's son (7) and daughter (5) a one year family subscription to
the Natural History Museum in Las Vegas where they live. Jody and Alexia
were thrilled and mom and dad took them once a month, which meant our
gift, cost $45.00, went on all year and put money into the local economy.
Last year, we gave them (along with my niece and her husband) two tickets
to the big I-MAX theater in Vegas where they saw wonderful, educational,
clean shows for their age groups, 6 & 8. They also received tickets to
see the white tigers at one of the big casinos. Now, don't get riled up.
There is an entrance to this tiger exhibit that bypasses the casino area
so the kids weren't exposed. Christa said they had a wonderful time. This
keeps money in the local economy and the three events made our gift one
that kept on giving. I'm still thinking about this year, but it will be
something local and will give them wonderful memories of time spent
with mom and dad doing something fun. The cost of these gifts was
less than some of these plastic pieces of garbage they calls toys or violent
computer games that keep children in the house glued to a screen.
Money
is tight for an awful lot of Americans, so make it a family gift instead
of individuals. I bought a new coffee maker when we moved into our home
in West Texas in June 2006. I purchased my Krup over the Internet; it's
made here in Texas. Now, you can buy this great coffee maker at stores
like HEB. Cost: $75.00. Yes, I could have bought some cheap model at Wal
Mart for $35 bux or something, but I will not sell out my fellow Americans;
my Krup will last for years and the coffee is de-lic-ious. If your mom
and dad want a new coffee maker and you have a couple of siblings, make
it a family gift. My husband recently needed new house slippers. Ten years
ago I purchased Made in America sheep skinned ones in Colorado; cost was
about $69.00. Ten years worth of wear. I found a retail store in Colorado
Springs on the Internet who sold these slippers and ordered them a few
weeks ago getting ready for winter. Cost was $70.00, but I know they will
last a long time vs some cheap pair from commie China and the cost works
out to about $7./year not including the tax and shipping. You can do the
same if dad or grandpa needs a new pair this Christmas, just make it a
family gift from all the kids or grand kids and that way you spread out
the cost of the gift.[See
Ron Paul and Edwin Vieira in the new DVD "Fiat
Empire"]
You
would be surprised how many nice gifts you can get at a health food store
like Whole Foods or Trader Joe's; fabulous soaps made from natural sources
from around the country. Books
that Americans need to read. How about new cookware? If you've never
cooked with cast iron, you're missing out and you can get the best from
Promised Land Products
as well as other organic items; I know because I purchased my set from
them. How about ladies hats, sweaters, jeans, toys (yes, toys!), candles,
tee shirts, hunter's needs, sleeping bags, school supplies, garden supplies,
you name it - more than 20,000 items - all
made in America.
The
more we buy American, the more meaningful, good paying jobs we create
for our country. Isn't that worth a little extra effort?
Of course,
Jesus is the reason for the season and I wish everyone a safe and blessed
Christmas.
Important
links:
1
- Made In America
page
2 - 'Made
in USA' stages comeback
3 - Why You Should
Not Eat McDonalds Beef
4 - They died for "cheap" labor
5 - Prescription
Medicines from China
6 - Most consumers
plan to shun China-made toys
7 - Thai Fat
Loss Pills Are Extremely Dangerous Weight Loss Program
8 - Toys
'R' Us recalls Elite Operations toys for lead
9 - The Cancer Research Money Machines
10 - Operation
Clean Sweep
Devvy left the Republican
Party in 1996 and has been an independent voter ever since. She isn't
left, right or in the middle; she is a constitutionalist who believes
in the supreme law of the land, not some political party. Her web site
(www.devvy.com) contains a tremendous
amount of information, solutions and a vast Reading Room.
Devvy's website: www.devvy.com
E-mail is: devvyk@earthlink.net
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