[rdb3]

Poohbah: 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.

raybbr: 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?

You're comparing apples to oranges here. But to address your question, we could start by getting the government out of the way of making it nearly impossible to complete dollar for dollar.

Show 'em my motto!

[raybbr]

You're comparing apples to oranges here.

Labor is labor. We are competing agianst Chinese labor. Regulations, too. But, aren't we always told that the major cost in a corporation is labor? Or is that another fallacious statement put out by super-capitalists to drive down labor costs?

[XBob]

please compare the cost of living for an average laborer to live in the US, versus the cost of living for an average laborer to live in China.

And, if you own any assets which produce income which are used by US labor, how you propose reducing the costs of those to a level where they will cost the same for a US laborer in the US as they cost for a Chinese laborer in China? And don't blame the price differential on government regulations or, let's just say, government regulations here increase the cost of labor by 50%.

How do you propose to permit our laborors the same costs to live as for the chinese laborer or even 50% more than the Chinese laborer?