As it is, the producer who is able to offer a product at the lowest
prices in the marketplace, regardless of the consequences to society
and the environment as a result of the methods used to achieve that
price reduction, effectively dictates the quality and ethics for ALL
producers of that product if they want to remain solvent.

No, that is not true. It assumes people make choices based on price
alone. This is clearly false. People make choices based on many
things, including quality, "Made in the USA", foreign cachet, marketing
and image, ecological impact, and many other things. People =do= pay
more for what they want.

However, they don't want to pay more for what =you= want.

Pure capitalism does have problems; this is why libertarianism is so
naive. Some careful tweaks are warranted. However, it does seem to be
the least bad system there is, so tweaking it needs to be done very gently.

I would like to find a way to reward those producers who
want to produce quality, responsibly produced goods made with US
labor, so that impact of their reduced market share is mitigated.

Permitting people to buy them is sufficient.

Jose
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