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[Vivian]

FYI - from an e-mail:

>> > > >CHECK YOUR HEINZ KETCHUP BOTTLES
>> > > >
>> > > >I checked and my bottle of Heinz catsup says "Product of Canada".
>> > > >
>> > > >Guess I'll be checking out all the Heinz products at the store!
> Shortly
>> > > >after reading the following e-mail content, I happened to look at
>> > > >the
>> > > >label of a jar of Heinz sandwich slice pickles. Yep...."Made in
>> Mexico."
>> > > >
>> > > >Check some of your Heinz products. Sen. John Kerry keeps talking
>> > > >about U.S. corporations leaving this country and setting up shop in
>> > > >foreign countries, taking thousands of jobs with them. He is right,
>> > > >because that has happened. However, he is trying to blame it on
>> > > >George W. Bush. As far as I know, Bush has not moved one factory
>> > > >out of this country because he is not the owner of a single factory.
>> > > >That cannot be said about Kerry and his wife,Teresa Heinz-Kerry.
>> > > >
>> > > >According to the Wall Street Journal, the Kerrys own 32 factories in
>> > > >Europe and 18 in Asia and the Pacific. In addition, their company,
>> > > >the Heinz Company, leases four factories in Europe and four in Asia.
>> > > >Also, they own 27 factories in North America, some of which are in
>> > > >Mexico and the Caribbean.
>> > > >
>> > > >I wonder how many hundreds of American workers lost their jobs
>> > > >when their plants relocated in foreign countries?
>> > > >
>> > > >I also wonder if the workers in Mexico and Asia are paid the same
>> > > >wages and benefits as workers in the United States. Of course
>> > > >they're not. However, Kerry demands that other companies that
>> > > >relocate should pay the same benefits they did in the U.S.
>> > > >
>> > > >Why does he not demand this of the Heinz Company, since he is
>> > > >married to the owner?
>> > > >
>> > > >If Kerry is elected, will he and his wife close all those foreign
>> > factories
>> > > >and bring all those jobs back to America? Of course they won't.
>> > > >
>> > > >They're making millions off that cheap labor.
>> > > >
>> > > >The labels don't lie, Does Kerry?


I checked, at the grocery store (I don't buy Heinz anymore!), and sure enough the ketchup said "Product of Canada".