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Let's say you buy a pair of $100 shoes. Those shoes were probably made in a sweatshop in China or Bangladesh or Indonesia. The company probably paid the people who made those shoes about 10-15 cents per hour. It probably cost the company a couple dollars to make the shoe and ship it to the United States. Do you know how much the company spends to market that shoe? Something like $20! And then the rest is all profit for the corporation and its millionaire CEO.

Why doesn't this make more people mad??! It sure makes me mad!
The corporation is exploiting not just poor laborers in third world countries, but American consumers by overcharging the consumer for goods which were much cheaper to produce.

But I think a lot of the problem is with the consumer. The consumer is victim to advertising, and fickle. The consumer wants to be convinced, and needs celebrities in TV commercials to convince him.

What can we do to stop this?

2006-10-04 16:34:49 · 10 answers · asked by worldpeace 4 in Business & Finance Corporations

10 answers

Because most products from overseas are much cheaper than they would be if made here, so consumers are getting a better deal. If that $100 pair of shoes goes on dale at WalMart for $50, it is like giving each consumer a raise, allowing that money to be spent on new computers and food.
Not to mention that the "poor peple" making the shoes probably have a steady income for the first time ever!

2006-10-04 16:45:51 · answer #1 · answered by Thorbjorn 6 · 0 0

Don't buy the shoes. That is the way you make your feelings known with any big corporation. If enough people agree with you, they can't sell shoes.

If others don't agree with you then you can do nothing.

And remember 10-15 cents an hour buys a lot more in Bangladesh than it does here.

If Bangladesh reaches full employment, then their labor prices will go up. That is basic economics. It transcends your indignation and will to do "good".

2006-10-04 16:41:28 · answer #2 · answered by john_mason4438 3 · 0 0

this topic dose make alot of people mad which is why most people try to avoid it. There are several human right laws set in place by the UN but those don't alwase cover everything. Im going to go out on a limb now and say that the main reason for swet shop labor is because of Comunism, its Comunist belefe that all citzens shoul and must work for the grater good of the country evene if it meens working minumm wage.

2006-10-04 16:40:53 · answer #3 · answered by Galactic 2 · 0 0

minimum wages is calculated on the basis of the minimum one would have to spend to make a decent living. in chaina, bangladesh, vietnam, india etc. the cost of living is much less than in the us. your $1 buys much more goods in these countries than you can ever imagine in us. in each of these countries, a person can have a full meal for 5 cents. so actually it is not sweat shop labour. you can stop this by insisting on the manufacturer's certificate that child, prison, or bonded labour was not used in the manufacturer. this is not a fool-proof method, but will act as a deterent for the manufacturer.
i agree that consumerisim plays a major part in deciding outsourcing and that.

2006-10-04 17:24:14 · answer #4 · answered by VEDIO LAND 3 · 0 0

None. They are all globalists. The best factor, is Obama and Hillary will force jobs foreign with top company taxation. All 3 help the idiotic worldwide warming innitiatives as a way to smash the economic climate and ship businesses over seas as good. NAFTA and CAFTA are unfair and unbalanced exchange agreements that surely do NOT support out the American persons.

2016-08-29 07:41:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I agree with you, but such talk gets you labeled a communist. Its like the freedom of speech thing, everybody defends it until they disagree with it. Capitalism is the same way, while everyone agrees its the best structure to live by, things like this come up and make them upset. simply said, we cant have it both ways.

2006-10-04 16:39:54 · answer #6 · answered by Bistro 7 · 0 0

The reason people don't get mad is because they don't see what's going on. All we see is something we want, and we don't see who had to suffer to make it. If you want things to change, you need to show people and educate them on what goes on behind the scenes.

2006-10-04 16:37:55 · answer #7 · answered by Amanda 6 · 1 0

Face it as long as people can buy it for $9.95 at Wal-Mart, they flat out don't care. It shouldn't be that way, but it is. A boycott would be pointless.

2006-10-04 16:43:34 · answer #8 · answered by cubno1fan 3 · 0 0

Because they can't do anything?

2006-10-05 00:51:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

no ones mad cause no one cares.bfd

2006-10-04 16:42:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 3

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