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Originally posted by cluck
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.
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How about we take Nike Corporation out of their Country. Would that make it better? Nike wouldn't be there in the first place if they knew the couldn't get cheaper labor than in the United States. If they had to pay the same rate that the labor market demands in the United States, why make a factory in another country???? C'mon now, use your head. The cost of living in a third world country a lot different than in the United States. It is not comparable.