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Originally Posted by tw
The problem is that we are dumping agricultural products on the world thereby destroying jobs in those countries.
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Where in the world did you come up with THAT??? I live in the San Joaquin Valley, one of the most prolific food-producing areas in the world, and all we ever hear is how impossible it is for us to export foodstuffs to ANY country. Hell, California produces so many tons of garlic that they even have a festival in Gilroy, so we IMPORT garlic from China, that is how screwed up our balance of trade is in favor of the OTHER guys. The only meaningful food exports from this country are wheat and corn, which it seems that Russia and the former Communist Block countries can't get enough of, but otherwise OUR farmers compete against cheaper imports from everywhere else. WE have to obey sanitation and environmental and employer laws while the competition grows their stuff in sewage, does not get inspected, and uses slave labor. TW, you are from CA also, how in the world could you make a statement like that one???