Associated Press – July 4, 2007:
What’s red, white and blue — and made in China? A move is on in state legislatures to ensure that the flags folks will be flying and buying this Independence Day were made on this fruited plain.
Minnesota has passed the strongest measure, a new law that goes into effect at year’s end requiring every Old Glory sold in state stores to be domestically produced. Violations are a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a $1,000 fine and 90 days in jail.
Whether Minnesota’s law violates international trade agreements — and whether anything would be done about it — is an open question.
I think this is simple-minded thinking that gets the “cheap applause” that politicians so eagerly and easily gain from the general populace of no-brain redneck Americans. Anybody that knows the basics of economics and free trade will be able to figure that one out.
I think these laws are stupid and there is no reason for them.
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