Child Labour, slavery - of course Corporations in the US want it.

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	Child Labour, slavery - of course Corporations in the US want it.

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11-13-2009 4:16 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/bb1d5f4a-bc7c-478a-a2a8-853e264dfdb8/5E114EA1-9573-43B3-8DB0-8332DBAFF428/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.alternet.org/story/143891/rachel_maddow%3A_corporations_are_%22child_labor-endorsing%2C_pro-slavery_freaks%22_for_trying_to_skirt_trade_laws" href="http://www.alternet.org/story/143891/rachel_maddow%3A_corporations_are_%22child_labor-endorsing%2C_pro-slavery_freaks%22_for_trying_to_skirt_trade_laws" style="font-size: 11px;">www.alternet.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/story/143891/rachel_maddow%3A_corporations_are_%22child_labor-endorsing%2C_pro-slavery_freaks%22_for_trying_to_skirt_trade_laws"><P class="storyheadline">Rachel Maddow: Corporations Are "Child Labor-Endorsing, Pro-Slavery Freaks" for Trying to Skirt Trade Laws</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/story/143891/rachel_maddow%3A_corporations_are_%22child_labor-endorsing%2C_pro-slavery_freaks%22_for_trying_to_skirt_trade_laws"><DIV class="teaserleft">
			"How will the corporations save themselves from that onerous rule that you can‘t use slaves and prisoners and children to make your products"?
		</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/story/143891/rachel_maddow%3A_corporations_are_%22child_labor-endorsing%2C_pro-slavery_freaks%22_for_trying_to_skirt_trade_laws">several provisions will probably be opposed by moderate and conservative Democrats with ties to various industry groups that have raised objections to the measure.” </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/story/143891/rachel_maddow%3A_corporations_are_%22child_labor-endorsing%2C_pro-slavery_freaks%22_for_trying_to_skirt_trade_laws"><A href="http://openleft.com/diary/15912/business-aims-to-relax-bans-on-products-made-with-child-and-slave-labor">David Sirota today made this catch from the business newsletter</A> “Inside U.S. Trade.”  This is a D.C.-based publication on trade issues.  It‘s especially for people in international business.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/story/143891/rachel_maddow%3A_corporations_are_%22child_labor-endorsing%2C_pro-slavery_freaks%22_for_trying_to_skirt_trade_laws"><P class="textBodyBlack">But check this out, quote, “Business groups are worried by the potential effects of provisions banning the import of all goods made with convict labor, forced labor or forced or indentured child labor that were included in a recent customs bill.  American business groups are concerned, upset.”  “Worried” was the actual phrase, worried about laws against using slaves and child labor. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5E114EA1-9573-43B3-8DB0-8332DBAFF428/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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