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Originally Posted by Caged Great
I actually agree with you that the poor's lot will only improve with non governmental jobs. The problem is that a lot of larger companies export their jobs to lower wage places. Apple could make 50% profit on their products if they had their workers all in the US, but they make everything in China and rake in even more dough. There is a problem with the fact that corporations by law are bound to make the most profits possible. The fact that it's cheaper in many cases to either export jobs or have machines do it does not make things easy for the every day person.
The rich may be job creators, but recently that's only been benefiting the unemployed in India and China or any other 3rd world country providing near slave labour. I suppose next the congress will try to scrap the mandatory minimum wage so they can get those cheap jobs in the states as well.
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That's globalization for you. Just living inside a contrived border doesn't mean you should get paid more for what amounts to the same productivity as these other sources of labor. Gone are the days where you could go into a factory work a menial job and be able to afford a detached home in the suburbs and a family sedan out front.