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slave   Audio pronunciation of "slave" ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (slv)
n.

   1. One bound in servitude as the property of a person or household.
   2. One who is abjectly subservient to a specified person or influence: “I was still the slave of education and prejudice” (Edward Gibbon).
   3. One who works extremely hard.
   4. A machine or component controlled by another machine or component.


intr.v. slaved, slav·ing, slaves

Companies in China, lest we forget, are paying the chinese government who then turns around and doles out a part of the money to the workers. Slaves. We call it slavery, sweatshop labor, etc. The chains here are the wages and conditions. When you're paying less for a body than it would cost to maintain them as slaves, you're dealing in slaves. Call it what you like, if the end result is the same, you've gained nothing with terminology.

Now, that said, you're dealing with the modern equivelant of slavery. Dirt cheap (literally) wages. I can't buy a 1 pound bag of top soil in this country for what they're paying for two hours of labor in China. Yet, you want us to compete against that knowing it is wage rate dumping and has been illegal in this country for decades. Now that we throw about terminology, we're supposed to excuse it when you go to another country and tacitly do what's illegal here and pretend it's ok because you're making monstrous profits while subverting our economy?!

Yes, we should define our terms. Shouldn't we. Because when we paint the picture, it really enrages America even more.

So your definition of slave is: Someone who makes less money thatn you think they should?

"Now that we throw about terminology, we're supposed to excuse it when you go to another country and tacitly do what's illegal here and pretend it's ok because you're making monstrous profits while subverting our economy?!"

What is illegal here paying less wages? You lobby the government to put restrictions on the Free Market and then are outraged the Free Market reacts in a way you don't want it to when every valid economic principle ever conceived points to to the outcome at hand.

Why don't you advocate for what you really want. Why don't you lobby your government for the kind of control you are thirsting for? Come on say it. Say you want the government to control the ebb and flow of the market.

Ask for it.

Call it by its true name.

Say the words, I want to hear it from your quivering lips.

"Please Hillary give me Collectivism in the name of fairness to all."