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Dark Jedi says:
Bringing US jobs to underdeveloped countries who will bid lower DOESN'T raise the mean standard of living for humanity, it LOWERS it. It allows corporations to EXPLOIT unstable political situations and desperation.
BULLSHIT! Prices are lower b/c infrastructure is cheaper and labor is cheaper due to a high agricultural base in these countries. This depresses the wages for everyone there. Just because labor prices are low, it does not mean that the politics is unstable and desperate. LOOK AT CHINA. Very stable. Very authoritarian--currency is cheap. The reason they have such low wages is because so many farmers are making pennies a day. Which is okay cuz pennies a day is enough to get by on the country side.
The only way for an undeveloped country to truly raise it's standard of living in a progressive way is to do it on it's own. To create their own native employers and build a productive niche, like what happened in east asia in the 20th century.
Again. BULLSHIT. Look at Japan, its economy really started taking off during the VIETNAM WAR cuz, guess what, the US was buying most of Japan's goods in its war effort. Korea... same damn thing, exporting high quality goods for dirt cheap.
Lowering the buying power a producing job nets by exploiting civil unrest does not do the working class anywhere any good. Once a low standard has been set (e.g. workers working for pennies instead of nickles), it's difficult to raise it.
Bottom line: 2 bucks a day may be peanuts to you, but its a LOT of money to someone in Bangladesh. Give them the opportunity to compete and they'll SMOKE your ass!
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