Originally Posted by Kiopa_Matt

Ok, but give me a down-to-earth, real-world example of how enforcing this law, at this current moment in history, is going to help the US as a whole or any individual American citizen (other then the executives as Nike, Calvin Klein, etc.)? It's not, and if anything, it's going to damage your country even more so.

You could make the argument that the less fake Nike's on the market = more sales for Nike = more new jobs from Nike. That doesn't add up though, especially considering the vast majority of this merchandise is manufactured in China and elsewhere. I guess they may create some extra sales positions, but for every position they create, they're probably wiping out the livelihoods of 25 people who are scratching by to make a living selling $5 Nikes at China Town's throughout the US.

Given the current conditions, I don't see how it's reasonable to be investing government resources into something like this. More than likely, the only reason it's happening is because guys like Nike and Calvin Klein are feeling the pinch of the recession, so decided to send some money to a few select officials, which got the ball rolling for them.