Wheat from China is believed to be the source of the rodent-killing chemical found in pet food that has killed several animals in the U.S. and Canada.
Why do U.S. retailers buy pet foot from Canada and why does Canada, a major wheat producing nation, import wheat from China? Answer that and you'll know why you pay so much for inferior products.
I bet it's the same reason Ohio imports petroleum products from the Middle East when it still has 51 million barrels of proven crude oil reserves with precious few pumps a-pumping. Meanwhile Ohioans pay obscenely high gasoline prices.
I bet it all has to do with profit incentives, trade agreements, tax considerations and world politics. Which is to say it has to do with governments' manipulation of markets at the expense of consumers and tax payers.
Monday, March 26, 2007
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