Originally Posted by
MustangGT
In the past 30+ years I have only been burned once by a companies oops. Union Carbide at Bhopal. And even that was not too bad for my portfolio. Every company that has stock, benefits some and makes money at the expense of others. I would reconsider an investment only if it can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt (mine) that their behavior is illegal. If corporate behavior is legal in Macedonia but illegal here the choice is easy. US laws do not apply in Macedonia and yes I would still invest. I do not make the intellectual mistake of holding companies accountable for US laws on their overseas behavior. It is silly to do so. Our laws do not reach them there why should my concern reach there either?
Do I care that the clothes that we wear, you too KT are made in sweat shops overseas, nope I do not. Way too many folks blow and crow about their choices about only using products that adhere to their paraochial viewpoints. We ALL buy gasoline that was refined from petroelum that was imported from countries that support terrorism but we still drive.
KT swear off all petroleum based products, gasoline, plastics etc unless that petroelum was positively produced here in the USA and then your thoughts would have some. When you and all of us are supporitng the middle eastern emirates with our petor dollars it is really unseemly to be upset about my robber baron profit attitude.
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