" Tuuk" wrote in message news:90Ucc.11734

And also there Harry,,, Doesn't the Kerry Family own Heinz Ketchup? Do you
know how much offshore labor or non American labor is used for making that
Product? How come when Kerry was asked about this, he only claimed that he
has nothing to do with the managing of the firm? He (or his wife) own the
firm, but have no control over management? He criticizes the president
over
his job migration thing, and Kerry himself takes advantage of lower income
earning labor.

Tuuk, you have to be fair when it is due. Neither John Kerry nor the Kerry
family "owns the firm". Kerry had nothing major to do with Heinz before he
married into it. In fact, his wife had nothing to do with it before SHE
married into it. Heinz is a publicly traded company in which Teresa Heinz,
by virtue of her first husband's death, is a very major shareholder.

Heinz is an international concern in the truest sense of the word. Some 60%
of their sales are outside of the US. Its only reasonable to locate
production close to markets when possible. Last figures I saw indicated
about 60% of sales outside of the US, and about 72% of production outside of
the US. So, they're maybe a little unbalanced, but nowhere near a major
offender.

Much as I'd love to cover him in catsup, this one won't work.