> > >==============
>> >Well, why didn't Harkin get Jesse Helms to write a kinder gentler
>> >aid/develoment
>> >package so that schools and health clinics would be built. Was THAT the
>> >anti-sweatshop movement's fault?
>>
>>
>> Yes. Harkin's claim was that the bill would improve conditions in
>> Bangladesh--would make the Bangladeshi government straighten up and
>> fly right. He was wrong.
>>
>> If Harkin had tied his bill to increased development aid for
>> Bangladesh, I would think better of him...
>>
>>
>> Brad DeLong
>============
>Brad, would it have gotten out of committee if he and his legislative aids had
>written it right?
>
>Ian
Since the point is that the policy as written was *stupid* and
*counterproductive*, that's irrelevant. To get something destructive
out of committee is an "achievement" only to those who view politics
as an arena for personal self-expression.
Brad DeLong
