Would you pay $18 for a regular T-shirt if you know the workers are being paid fairly?

Today's (July 18th, 2010) New York Times' Business Section (see the link above and below) includes an article entitled "A Factory Defines Stereotypes, but Can it Thrive?" that exposes the business downside of paying workers a "living wage." Read the article and comment about it, the dilemma that business face when they try to "do the right thing, and what can and should be done about it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/business/global/18shirt.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

Why Are Bank Bailout and Stimpulus Packages Not Popular with Voters?

The July 11th The New York Times' article (see link above and below), "Bank Bailout is Potent Issue for Fall Faces," states that even though banks have paid back the government to the $700 billion for the Troubled Asset Relief Program approved by the Obama administration in the fall 2008, most voters confuse TARP with the stumulus package and are, thus, are rejecting incumbents in recent or upcoming elections. Read the article and comment on the article and why there is such anti-incumbent sentiment throught the country.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/us/politics/11tarp.html?_r=1&hp

Can we Still Aspire to Equality, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness?

A New York Times' July 4th editorial titled "Liberty Thoughts" (see link below) comments on the meaning of the Declaration of Independence 234 years ago and today? Read the editorial and comment regarding changes that have taken place in our history and whether the proposition exposed by the Declaration is still relevant today


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/opinion/04sun4.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper