By: Richard V

Richard V — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:17:59 +0000

I have disagreed with Justice Kennedy on some of the decisions this week where he joined the four ultra-Conservative Justices. On this decision his framing it as a "case by case" issue makes sense. Here is a perfect example:
In the early 1990s Rubbermaid was one of the top ranked Corporations in America by Fortune Magazine. In 1998 anti-union discount giant Walmart demanded, as it does to all manufacturers, that Rubbermaid lower its costs or Walmart would not buy its products. Rubbermaid shut down its plants in the United States and moved the jobs to China where workers work long days, get paid pennies an hour and have no rights.
References :
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/secrets/shots.html

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:59:59 +0000

Most so called "consumer protection" laws don't actually protect the consumer. Instead, the consumer is lulled into a false sense of safety because he thinks that "someone" in government is looking out for his best interest, and, second, it increases the cost to do business which is passes on to the consumer.
References :

Comments on: Why every time an old statute gets turned over (Glass – Steagall) the consumer gets ’screwed’?

By: Richard V

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