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Letter: Paradise lost to greed

By Don Anderson, Waldport, Ore.
Published: December 9, 2015, 6:00am

Collective visionaries whom I have met through all walks of life express similar concerns that have haunted me about America. Foremost, why couldn’t the vast majority of products be produced in the United States?

Apple and Nike, among many others, should be ashamed charging exorbitant prices for products manufactured overseas by low-paid labor. Apple does not fall very far from the money tree, especially with an upgrade every four days. How much money does Nike philanthropist billionaire Phil Knight need?

It is also appalling to see so many people dumb-downed by watching non-redeeming television programs and playing games that are geared for idiots. To continue, why do people insist on driving dinosaur fuel gas hogs, and why are our educational institutions faltering where many high school graduates need to take remedial college courses? Advantage goes to India, Europe, and Asia, etc.

The United States is uncivilized when it comes to modern transportation and infrastructure, representative government, gun control, fast-food eating habits, and family dysfunction. What happened to George H.W. Bush’s “thousand points of light”?

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