Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Reaction: Minnesota Senate to ban American Flags not made in USA?

The Minnesota State Senate has put forth a bill that will ban the sale of American Flags and novelties boasting the flag that are not made in the good ol' USA. I think that this bill is pretty stupid myself. One of the greatest things America represents to the entire world is a strong, successful, market economy. So here is Minnesota trying to boost American pride/morale/local economy by denying their residents access to one of America's arguably greatest acheivements in their ability to choose which products they buy in a vast, mostly unrestricted (with obvious exceptions for health and safety) free market? Seems pretty hypocritical to me. If Americans were so concerned with the fact their flags and novelties weren't being made in America - they'd choose on their own not to purchase them.

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