Earlier today, Peace Corps Deputy Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet announced that, starting June 3, the agency will begin accepting applications from same-sex domestic partners who want to serve together as volunteers overseas.
He said the big issue the country now faces is the lack of growth in domestic production that will lead to an increasing dependence on oil fromoverseas for years to come.
And tissue has another advantage for domestic manufacturers: Unlike other paper, tissue paper isn't economical to ship fromoverseas because of its bulk.
The impact may be that we continue to use just as much oil, but more of it now comes fromoverseas because we placed our domestic producers at a competitive disadvantage.