~"The journey from cotton crop to t-shirt is a long one that spans th globe and is filled with social and environmental costs that are hidden from view These certainly don't show up in the $5.99 price tag at target." I think this means that t-shirts aren't as simple as forming cotton into the shape of a shirt, there is a long process behind it which a lot of people don't realize.
~"Each year we produce 25 million tons of cotton globally which is enough to make 15 t-shirts for every single person on earth." As you can see by this quote, we are not in short supply of cotton, we can billions of t-shirts a year, which is why i think that the price on t-shirts is fair. Hanes and jockey are two of the most popular providers of plain white t-shirts, they charge roughly about three dollars a shirt. Considering the long and strenuous process it takes to make them i think that the price is very fair. Diamonds on the other hand, are priced exactly as they should be. Diamonds are the hardest mineral known to man, they are so tough that if a jeweler wants to cut the diamond, he must do so with a laser. The reason they are so hard is that diamonds originally start out as a piece of coal in the earth and are crushed by the weight of a the weight of a mountain or land above it. The minerals are crushed together, compacting them so tightly that they become diamonds. These diamond then have to be dug for, finding diamonds is like finding a needle in a hay stack if the hay stack was the size of mt. Rushmore. That is why i believe diamonds are priced exactly as they should be.
