Comments on: The Fair Trade Fraud at 15 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/08/the-fair-trade-fraud-at-15/ Author James Bovard Thu, 17 May 2012 04:21:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: kenj http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/08/the-fair-trade-fraud-at-15/#comment-10359 kenj Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:02:44 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/08/the-fair-trade-fraud-at-15/#comment-10359 Fair trade "regulated by bureaucrats" is one giant step up AFAIKS over unregulated trade. I have no time for the brand of "free enterprise" that tells Filipino women they can either work as prostitutes or their children can scrounge on garbage dumps. It's a false freedom. Same as the idea that 30,000 children can die every day from starvation in a world of plenty; and that 3 billion people live on $2 a day while 80% of the world's resources are held by 20% of the people. Roll on (expletive-deleted) communism I say. Fair trade “regulated by bureaucrats” is one giant step up AFAIKS over unregulated trade. I have no time for the brand of “free enterprise” that tells Filipino women they can either work as prostitutes or their children can scrounge on garbage dumps. It’s a false freedom. Same as the idea that 30,000 children can die every day from starvation in a world of plenty; and that 3 billion people live on $2 a day while 80% of the world’s resources are held by 20% of the people. Roll on (expletive-deleted) communism I say.

]]> By: Brian Wilson http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/08/the-fair-trade-fraud-at-15/#comment-10331 Brian Wilson Sun, 10 Dec 2006 18:26:48 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/08/the-fair-trade-fraud-at-15/#comment-10331 "Offering a better product at a lower price is not my idea of sadism." BAM! “Offering a better product at a lower price is not my idea of sadism.”

BAM!

]]> By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/08/the-fair-trade-fraud-at-15/#comment-10200 Jim Sat, 09 Dec 2006 14:35:05 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/08/the-fair-trade-fraud-at-15/#comment-10200 Offering a better product at a lower price is not my idea of sadism. Offering a better product at a lower price is not my idea of sadism.

]]> By: whig http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/08/the-fair-trade-fraud-at-15/#comment-10166 whig Sat, 09 Dec 2006 09:16:10 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/08/the-fair-trade-fraud-at-15/#comment-10166 Freedom to abuse others? Freedom to abuse others?

]]> By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/08/the-fair-trade-fraud-at-15/#comment-10083 Jim Fri, 08 Dec 2006 19:16:21 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/08/the-fair-trade-fraud-at-15/#comment-10083 Freedom is the highest principle. Freedom is the highest principle.

]]> By: whig http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/08/the-fair-trade-fraud-at-15/#comment-10078 whig Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:35:55 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/08/the-fair-trade-fraud-at-15/#comment-10078 Are you calling for complete liberty of trade without regard to any other principles? Are you calling for complete liberty of trade without regard to any other principles?

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