Am I the only person who supports cheap labor?

Question

How can these people expect NOT to be exploited? Why is everyone in this country so concerned about it? this is the role their government should be playing not ours. You people should be thanking these countries, without cheap labor you wouldn't have 85% of the items within your own homes. Are you upset because you do not have your grubby little hands in the cookie jar? I give to charities and sponsor a few children who make my pillows and shams...I know that without them I wouldn't be able to live the life I do. It is not my fault evolution didn't quite pan out for them. Have a goodnight!

Also if you could just look in the room you are in at the moment at the items that are around you, tell me maybe the percentage that were made in a country other than the U.S?

Answer 1

Everybody rants and raves on Wal-Mart. I grew up in a small rural town. All we had was small local shops. When we went shopping i always remenber going to a larger city 20 to 30 miles away. The larger malls had a much better selection. Now the little rural town I grew up in has a Super Center Wal-mart. Don't forget Wal-Mart is also providing jobs in theses poverty level countries. Cheap labor works. Just go around your room pick up a few objects.....Does it say made in the USA.

Answer 2

I do not support cheap labor and I refuse to shop at Wal Mart.
Just listen to the news of how people that try to make a living cannot get work. So they end up working for nothing, just to try to put some food on the table for their family. Cheap labor is exploitation, ( yes some do not put in an honest day of work but what about the others that do?)how the people work without insurance benefits WAIT why are you bragging about sponsoring a "few" children to make your pillows and shams? why am I waisting my time with this question when there are others that are not so wasting space on this sight?

Answer 3

Are you upset because you do not have your grubby little hands in the cookie jar? --------------------------------------------------------------By golly, I think you have something here. Back in the early and mid 1990's american companies started pulling out and establishing elsewhere. Where the (Democratic) tax burden was obviously less and (Democratic) labor laws wern't an issue. What this did was to open up more opportunity for the industry that was yet to leave and was able to take up the slack in the economy that the other companies left behind. Obviously with less competition to contend with, american industry was able to make better profits and pay their employees better wages. Unfortunately the tax burdens and labor laws were not reduced, rather they were increased. By the time the year 2000 rolled around, the corporations that had left earlier in the decade were established enough to show substantial profits over the companies that stayed behind which in turn followed suit by closing their doors here and followed the profits elsewhere as well. To the average consumer the answer lies with the current president as they see their lives turned upside down and having to make drastic measures just to survive during the time of the present administration. What the average individual doesn't realize is that all of this unnessesary misery was in the making a decade ago during the time that the Democratic party was in charge. The very people that caused the down turn, happen to be the same people who insist on returning to power in the upcomming elections. Let us pray the Demonicrats never again regain power in american politics.

Answer 4

So what....
You are only, blatantly stating that you are a cheapskate and have an exploitative anti-social disorder...
I do not feel that's something to be proud of....
Do me a favor, think before you write, just maybe you'll have something intelligent to say.
Stop riding the backs of the less fortunate and try to show some gratitude.
The tables of life can turn, just look at what happened during Katrina, many of the wealthy were also crying.
Labor is never cheap, just the payers of the wages....
Furthermore, cheap labor still doesn't deter the high cost of living and excessive taxation.

Answer 5

You must make a lot of money. You suggest that we should be grateful for others' suffering because without it we might have our WIFI, cars, health care, and DVDs? I'm sure the "few children" who you sponsor are grateful for your support, since they only now have to work 70 hours a week to eat a couple of meals a day. I think that you abuse the theory of evolution in ways that invoke Nazism. I hope the hordes with "grubby hands" find you someday and demonstrate suffering for your own supremely evolved eyes. I am not perfect by any means, but I believe in compassion and fairness for all people, not just those who can easily afford it.

Answer 6

That sounds find and dandy that you can just shop away at your local WalMart...but the effect is eventually, these same companies will expect YOU to work for that wage. The unions are slowly dwindling away...the same unions that fought to provide us a living wage. How many in your family are union workers? It isn't working now, there is much debate over wage and benefits from many of these store outlets. I believe you will see people in other lands rise up to better standards too! Give yourself some time to live and once you are married and have several children and think you can afford to house, feed, cloth and educate them on your 1.10 an hour wage--HA! Nothing lasts forever...people in other countries want to live well too!

Please read the links below and never take for granted another human that is slaving away to make your sham for your princess bed and during your "good night" please remember how many have suffered to make your life better. Sleep well.

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/about.htm
http://www.maineaflcio.org/labor_union_history.htm

Answer 7

Why don't you just move over to one of these countries that have cheap labor? You could get stuff cheaper. You can tell by your attitude that you are a stuck up rich kid who hasn't ever worked a day in your life. whats going to be funny is when all these lower class americans who are out of jobs because of people like you stand up and revolt against the rich. This will hapen one day. I just hope it is in my time so I can see people like you lose everything you have and start crying about it on CNN. Oh ya don't count on your military protecting you because most military members are poor them selfes. 90% of the military is national guard and most of them are not well off.

Answer 8

you're spot on yet regrettably there are people who cant see it or thinks that democracy is the state working our lives for us and taking a great bite of our income. I trust who pronounced there working the country like the former Soviet Union and its going to worsen with the determination to fingerprint our infants with out parental consent. the subject is the competition are no longer lots extra effective David Cameron is extra attracted to appeasing The mum or dad newspaper a e-e book which in the main important helps State Socialism and the ecu besides because of the fact the BBC which behaves like its television channel . the only social gathering which on the 2nd i could desire to vote for is UKIP .

Answer 9

it would be nice too have some of the jobs that have ben lost in this country thhanks too your cheap l laborr ideas, millions thousands are out of work because of your cheap labor ideas. and evolutioon what in the hel does that got too do with paying for a mortage utilites food car payments?? and our gruby hands in the cookie jar boy you got one hell of a lot too learn too those of us who have been layed off and walking the strets. money grubers right.

Answer 10

I support free markets and cheap labor is part of it. It is too expensive to have many blue collar jobs in the US for a variety of reasons. China and India have lower standards of living and are thus cheaper to employ people there.