To: Tokra
If you insist on paying Americans a "living wage" of $15 - $20 an hour to make Levis, then Levis will cost $100 a pair. If you insist on $20 Levis, then they have to be made in China or Bangladesh. Bogus argument. The wages are only a part of the cost and making pair of jeans takes less time than five hours.
Read my tagline.
10 posted on
09/15/2006 5:50:09 AM PDT by
A. Pole
(If the lettuce cutters were paid $10 more per hour, the lettuce head would cost FIVE CENTS more.)
To: A. Pole
Bogus argument. The wages are only a part of the cost and making pair of jeans takes less time than five hours. It is not a bogus argument. You are forgetting the "hidden " labor costs in the US. If Levi pays a worker $20 an hour, it will actually cost Levi $35 an hour. Then there are all the other "hidden" costs - unemployment insurance, taxes, regulations, etc.
It's no different than the auto industry. A US auto worker costs $64 an hour, a Chinese auto worker costs $6 an hour. If you are in the business of building cars to make a profit - just where do you think your factory will be built?
It isn't rocket science.
14 posted on
09/15/2006 6:04:52 AM PDT by
Tokra
(I think I'll retire to Bedlam.)
To: A. Pole
Ha! Ha! Ask the Japanese how their real estate investments in the 80's fared!
Buy while it's cheap Comrades!
17 posted on
09/15/2006 6:11:42 AM PDT by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: A. Pole
The wages are only a part of the cost and making pair of jeans takes less time than five hours.Let me guess: you have never run a business.
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