To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Do you remember when we bought products made by our own people? We were buying a piece of America, supporting our citizens and workers. Clothes fit better too. We want to have our cake and eat it too. 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. We can't have it both ways - mush as we'd like to.
6 posted on
09/15/2006 5:47:12 AM PDT by
Tokra
(I think I'll retire to Bedlam.)
To: Tokra
mush = much
OR
mush = mushbrain
8 posted on
09/15/2006 5:48:27 AM PDT by
Tokra
(I think I'll retire to Bedlam.)
To: Tokra
B.S.!!Bad argument....almost all clothing etc is ALREADY made in china ....etc.
NOTHING appears to be manufactured in the U.S. anymore so we don't really need "cheap labor" that is costing taxpayers KAZILLIONS!!
9 posted on
09/15/2006 5:49:57 AM PDT by
stopem
(God Bless the U.S.A the Troops who protect her, and their Commander In Chief !)
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: Tokra
That just about sums it up perfectly. Very good post.
18 posted on
09/15/2006 6:12:23 AM PDT by
Alberta's Child
(Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
To: Tokra
Nice Econ101 summary. Wages can only increase in proportion to productivity. Absent that linkage, wage increases merely drive inflation, with the end result that everyone is back at square 1. (Except that savings/debt has been depreciated, which is why inflation is bad - everyone shifts savings to debt to ride the bubble).
It's the same argument against the minimum wage - it does absolutely nothing to increase anyone's 'living wage'. It also impacts 'official' unemployment rates, because employers simply move to the blackmarket ie illegal immigrants.
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 Levis cost $100 a pair, then Americans working other American jobs with good pay will be able to afford them like they afford $20 jeans now.
Up until the last few decades we made what we needed here and traded with each other. This is how America became a world power and wealthy.
Give me some reasoning why we should enrich other countries at our expense, and independence.
64 posted on
09/15/2006 10:33:31 AM PDT by
William Terrell
(Individuals can exist without government but government can't exist without individuals.)
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