On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:50:44 -0700 (PDT), rincewind
wrote:

Very noble. Very comendable (sp). I don't believe a word of it.
You are telling me, given the choice, you would pick the more
expensive item at the supermarket if you could be guaranteed it had
been cultivated by workers who received a "fair day's pay?"

Maybe you're right. But I'm looking at the market in general. There's
a lot more people buying cheap coffee, no matter where it came from
than "fair share" coffee that guarantees the workers got a fair share
of the profits.

If that makes me an "elite dickhead," I'm sorry. It also makes me the
guy who sees where things go.


The product which has had some success is coffee - but you're right,
most people don't shop for such unless they believe it tastes better.

How many union people shop Wal*Mart? My father-in-law certainly
did.

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"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison