America has poor people.
As of 2006 according to the American Census Bureau (http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/p60-233.pdf), there are 36.5 billion people who are under poverty.
The world in general has poor people.
America is part of a global economy.
An economy that happens to include human trafficking.
If America would stop unfair trade practices like:
subsidies on rice and corn that make it nearly impossible for poor farmers in under-developed countries to support themselves;
and tariffs that make it harder for the poor of America to buy necessities like clothes and shoes,
maybe poor people in America would not be as poor, maybe poor people in South America and West Africa would not be so poor that they would sell their children into modern slaves (some of whom end up serving in America), maybe the less fortunate of America would not have to compete against slave wage and slave labor. Maybe America would not suffer from so much hate from country that have been economically abused by America's practices.
Maybe...
All in all slavery has not stopped. It has gone underground. It is now called human traficking. Some (like 48 hours...http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/07/12/48hours/main708481_page2.shtml) say that human traficking is a billion dollar industry.
Efforts are being made to end traficking. More efforts (and sacrifices) must be made in order for this form of slavery to end. Though, Slavery might (more than likely will) shift to a different form that doesn't we shouldn't fight it. Wrong is wrong... right is still right... honoring God as individuals and as a nation is still what matters.
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