Rec'd Very interesting EMAIL about Kerry...check this out!

[BambiTamby]

Got this interesting email from one of my customers.....

This will make you stop and think..... 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 these 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.

PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE FACTS!!

 

[HollyJoy]

Very interesting!

 

[EsmeraldaX]

http://www.snopes.com/politics/kerry/heinz.asp

Snopes debunked this not long ago. Snopes is a very non-partisan site.

 

[Banzai]

My Ketchup (just grabbed out of pantry) is made in the USA, as is the Ketchup Kickers, and the Worcestshire Sauce.

 

[KarenC]

Here's a link to snopes.com which identifies this email as not true.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/kerry/heinz.asp

Teresa Heinz Kerry owns less than 4% of stock in Heinz and has absolutely no involvement with the management of the company.

As for the Heinz overseas production, currently, 60% of the sales of the H.J. Heinz Company are outside the United States and to accommodate those customers by providing facilities closer to those markets, the company maintains a number of overseas facilities that provide products for consumers in those markets. This allows Heinz to pack the freshest ingredients, tailor its recipes to local tastes and deliver the finished products in a timely and efficient manner. In the United States, Heinz makes its flagship ketchup in factories in Fremont, Ohio; Muscatine, Iowa; and Stockton, California.

 

[ThAnswr]

Originally posted by BambiTamby
Got this interesting email from one of my customers.....

You really should check your facts.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/kerry/heinz.asp

 

[SandraM]

PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE FACTS!!

Just wondering will the OP send the Snopes link back to the customer?

 

[BambiTamby]

Originally posted by ThAnswr
You really should check your facts.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/kerry/heinz.asp

Like I said...."Got this interesting email from one of my customers....."


Yep! I will send this link back.