As if toxic pet food and pharmaceuticals aren’t enough, now we are going to import condoms from China because they are a little bit cheaper? Of course they are cheaper! The question is, do they do what they are supposed to do? I guess some people may find out, the hard way.
In a move expected to cost 300 American jobs, the government is switching to cheaper off-shore condoms, including some made in China.
The switch comes despite implied assurances over the years that the agency would continue to buy American whenever possible.
“Of course, we considered how many U.S. jobs would be affected by this move,” said a USAID official who spoke on the condition that he would not be named. But he said the reasons for the change included lower prices (2 cents versus more than 5 cents for U.S.-made condoms) and the fact that Congress dropped “buy American language” in a recent appropriations bill.
And while the picture to the left is a box of Chinese condoms which sell in China, the question I have is when Chinese-made condoms are sold in this country, is it obvious they are originally from China?
Also, get a load of this creepy Chinese condom story, here.
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1 tehehehe // Mar 25, 2009 at 8:23 am
Yikes! Hair bands?
When the Dems “stand up” for unions, and write into law “buy American”, then it is surprising to see that to save a couple cents they decide to spurn a US manufacturer (which is unionized I believe) and buy Chinese alternatives.
I guess when we are talking about trying to prevent AIDS/HIV among a group of Africans, the Administration figured that cheaper knock-off from China were “good enough”.
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