Originally Posted by fatmike69

There was a good article in the Money section yesterday (USA Today) about Colombian drug trafficking and violence, and concerning corporate sponsored militant groups to keep Colombian labor unions under control so that sweat shops could continue to run. Coca cola was one being investigated and protested due to allegations that they sponsored guerrilla groups to assasinate and terrorize Colombian labor union officials, so they could keep their iron fist around their operations in Colombia. In fact, many USA colleges have now switched from serving Coke because of the uproar it is causing.

It is true, not much is made in the USA anymore. It's just too expensive when a corporation can move their operations overseas for sweatshop wages.