Unions: Where did the U.S.A. go wrong?

[Crazed Rabbit]

Pretty simple to do, however, reality is harder due to resistence from certain groups of people who simply have no regard for humanity.

Yup, that's me. That's why I only volunteered at one week long trip to help collect and distribute food to migrant workers this summer. You, being so full of your regard for humanity, probably volunteered for a month or more to help feed the hungry. Right?

Nope, but you accelerate the growth significantly.

No, you absolutely do not. By decreasing the incentive for companies to use foreign labor, you decrease the amount of jobs those companies will offer and the number of foreign factories they'll build. That means less jobs, more unemployment, or more going back to lower paying jobs. ANd that's not even counting the job loss from domestic companies employing less people.

This 'wage slavery' is nonsense. Sasaki showed that apparel workers get paid more than average. So, often sweatshop jobs are better than the other jobs available.

Look at China; decades of low paid workers making stuff for the west. After all those years we see a middle class emerging and better pay for workers. There is no magic fix to leap a third world country into the first world.

The difference between the production of Starbucks Coffee and Starbucks Fair-Trade Coffee is 1 cent per cup.

Source?

What's insignificant for you is very significant for an illegal immigrant Hispanic mother of 4 living in LA.

Heh, that's a good point. Cheap goods helps the poor in America and other countries who can afford more basic necessities like clothes and food.

EDIT: Again, Beskar, why don't you share your thoughts on the video I posted? Or does the fact that unions are choosing more jobs for themselves over the safety of ill children conflict with your worldview too much?

CR