Fair Trade Campaign

Would you trade 50 pence for a £1 coin? That's the simple question we asked shoppers outside a London supermarket - the results made us proud.

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[nokenwari]

It's not price fixing. It's setting a minimum wage. Do you support a minimum wage?

[Antoinette2190]

yay! good people still exist!

[timin770]

@bemusedcapybara $2000 a year in Guatemala sounds low, but they have a much lower cost of living there

[TheSupaflyJedi]

This is genius!

[TNoideaT]

HAHA Yea very very good

Emphasizes the egoism of human.

[techcargo]

@emmypickle8 Your are absolutely right ! I promise you that extra 2p never gets to the farmer. It goes to the currupt officials higher up the chain. I know, I have seen how the system woks. Those officials( on behalf of the large multinationals) then go back and bully the farmer into selling their produce at an even lower price. Where is the justice in that?

[techcargo]

You are all being fooled by this fair trade business. Do you really think it goes to help those poor farmers from the third world countries. most of them are illiterate and get robbed by the higher powers in the business chain. Believe me thats where the money goes !The world of agriculture is monopolised and ruled by huge multinationals that dont give anything away. And even if they do feel benevolent, they know themselves it will never reach the poor farmer.

[tensii0219]

So, this one wants to tell us that over half of the people don`t give a damn making a losing deal?? How is that related to Fair Trade for poor countries?

[GreenopolisTV]

Love this

[bemusedcapybara]

@emmypickle8 a premium of 40p-55p on a pound of coffee for any company can nearly double to income of a farmer in Guatemala, who earns less then $2000 a year. that's certainly a lot more than "middle class westerners feeling better about themselves."

[RoseSokolova1986]

emmypickle8 if everyone would have been as smart as you we wouldnt have been able to change anyone's lives and 10% extra 4 someone can pay for a whole dinner! Carry on you smarty

[emmypickle8]

fairtrade is a load of bullshit. I agree with it in principle, in fact I think it's a very good one, however I seriously do not believe it works out in reality. it is merely a way for middle class westerners to feel better about themselves

if people think that paying extra just so some poor sod can only get 2p more while supermarkets line their pockets need to pull their heads out their arses

but what the hell, maybe the extra 2p will change a life, but it ain't gonna change the world