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Originally Posted by Brujah
What IS the comparative purchasing power? What does a day's wage or $12 buy for these workers?
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That isn't the issue the issue is .....
Make china pay the same federally mandated minimum wage we require. Make china figure in the same 15% FICA taxes on payroll. Make chinese factories pay for and comply with the same environmental impact studies and requirements of our own factories. Make chinese employers follow the same overtime laws, the same benefit packages, the same OSHA laws ???.
Suddenly the playing field is level.
For US consumers to revel in lower prices based on standards we deem unacceptable on our own land is hard to comprehend. The only explanation is we value nature and human beings that aren't American as beneath us. We will save money by ignoring the minimum standards we require of ourselves.
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