[Poohbah]

The other is to get competetive with china...That means we get paid the same or less than the chinese workers get...

If you're only capable of doing the inept level of work that Chinese workers perform at, why should you be paid top dollar for it?

If you can't compete on price, compete on value delivered. Or is that too capitalistic for you?

[ninenot]

If you're only capable of doing the inept level of work that Chinese workers perform at, why should you be paid top dollar for it?

You must have been missing in action for the last, oh, 10 years.

The Chinese are using exactly the same machinery and equipment as is used in US plants; thus, for practical purposes, their production capabilities are identical to ours.

The ONLY difference (outside of the shipping) then, is the cost of labor.

And the argument here is that 'offshoring' manufacturing to arbitrage labor costs is destructive to America--and CERTAINLY to American workers.

Unfortunately, this is a political question which Bush simply cannot address without namecalling, and Kerry--well, he has at least 12 positions on the issue, but NONE of them suggest that offshoring is to be halted.

[raybbr]

If you're only capable of doing the inept level of work that Chinese workers perform at, why should you be paid top dollar for it? If you can't compete on price, compete on value delivered.

At what point do we get to enjoy our lives or, should we just work 18 - 20 hours a day so we can compete with near-slave labor in China?