The Christian Science Monitor ran this opinion piece on "buying American" at the gas pump. The argument is for country-of-origin labeling with regards to gasoline so that Americans can make a political statement in their gas purchases.
This isn't a call for a boycott of Mideast oil, it's just a call for informed choice - the same premise used in country-of-origin labeling of food, clothing, cars, or coffee. After all, consumers have shown their willingness to buy American when it comes to textiles or cars, and we have not yet come close to fighting a war over these goods.Yech. The argument just doesn't carry over from food, clothing, cars, or coffee. Oil is a vastly different resource, the aquisition of which entails vastly different choices and consequences.
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