Labor though to some IS nothing more than a commodity. That though is an absolute FOOLISH way to look at it. I seriously cannot stand arrogant assholes who think like that. They deserve to perish in ruin for an attitude like that. I cannot describe how I hate people like that.
Labor is our market. That is the key! Its not where we get labor, its where we sell! We sell and make money when people do well. That is what we want is for people to do well. Doing well, in whatever station in life you are, whether its finance director, or maid, makes for a consumer.
Out of work people don't buy houses or cars. They don't get and repay loans.
We want success. Racing to the bottom of the pay chart is not the best option for us. Cheap labor equals cheap consumers, particularly referring to market development.
The asshole attitude that DAnconia55 used when he said We need to be a nation of inventors, businessmen and engineers... We do not need textile workers is absolute ignorance. It needs to be rooted from the republican mindset. It is nothing more than hateful propaganda of no use.
I think its great.
To think everyone in the nation will achieve that is not realistic. In order to have a healthy economy we should have a range of things in it. Not just one thing. There should be a progressive ladder which people can progress up. Specifically textiles is not the issue.
Are you familiar with the Bible? There is a part where the writer says, "the eye doesn't say to the hand, I have no need of thee..."