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In reply to the discussion: Hardship on Mexico's farms, a bounty for U.S. tables [View all]B2G
(9,766 posts)7. But if we boycott Mexico's products
What will happen to those people?
I only ask because given Mexico's track record, I seriously doubt it would force them to change. And why haven't we already done this? Maybe if they made things better for their people, so many of them wouldn't feel the need to rip themselves from their families and homes in search of a better life.
I have never understood our government's reluctance to apply pressure on the Mexican government in this regard.
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The problem is it's hard to use discretion when you don't know where the products come from
Major Nikon
Dec 2014
#36
That is what has always been true regardless of the border. Bananas are a good example. They used
jwirr
Dec 2014
#2
Obviously the companies won't move to change things. They are getting what they want now.
Judi Lynn
Dec 2014
#29