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Originally posted by KRL
You don't understand the impoverished class very well. I ran a zipper factory in Los Angeles. Most all the workers were either illegal or had overstayed their visas. They made dog wages, but they were happy, and thankful just to have a job in America. The economic conditions where they came from were worse than the worst here in the sweatshops. Despite the crap wages, the workers were treated well and very excited to be here.
They were all able to live here without needing or wanting anything because they stick together. They all would send back home about 1/3rd to 1/2 the money they made here to support relatives back home.
So what you assume is a crappy job, some people are happy to have.
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Were you paying them above minimum wage? I'm sure if it was that it couldn't have been much more for bottom of the barrel type jobs. The overseas workers do not get nearly the equivalent of what that would be in the US. Not only that, but workers are raped and killed, but this is ignored therefore encouraged by the USA. The fact is that if we're going to import goods from these people we should make sure that the people are getting what they deserve. Nike sells shoes for more than $100, is it fair that the person that had to do the actual labor get barely enough money to eat every 2 days? It's a moral question. Is Nike saving $5 per day per worker worth that worker starving? I don't think so.
Think of it this way. Would you think it was fair if all the independant paysites got bought out by Hugh Heffner and the only sponsor programs were a 0.2/99.8 revshare? What if that was the only job available? What would you think about heff? You'd hate him but you'd still wonder why he'd be so horrible as to only give you that amount of money when he could spare so much for the greater good.