September 30, 2009

Relief efforts in American Samoa

I am wondering if the largest employer in American Samoa is offering relief to its employees. Probably not much considering this story from Snopes. PLEASE NOTE: There have been a lot of embelleshments to this story on the internet. What I am quoting is the list of items that Snopes has determined to be factual. It is, by itself, very damning. From Snopes:
Facts:

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's home district includes San Francisco.

Star-Kist Tuna's headquarters are in San Francisco, Pelosi's home district.

Star-Kist is owned by Del Monte Foods and is a major contributor to Pelosi.

Star-Kist is the major employer in American Samoa employing 75% of the Samoan workforce.

Paul Pelosi, Nancy's husband, owns $17 million dollars of Star-Kist stock.

In January, 2007 when the minimum wage was increased from $5.15 to $7.25, Pelosi had American Samoa exempted from the increase so Del Monte would not have to pay the higher wage. This would make Del Monte products less expensive than their competition's.

Last week when the huge bailout bill was passed, Pelosi added an earmark to the final bill adding $33 million dollars for an 'economic development credit in American Samoa'.

Pelosi has called the Bush Administration 'corrupt'.

She should know.
Like I said, not much chance of a large relief effort from Del Monte... Posted by DaveH at September 30, 2009 7:51 PM
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