(August 30, 2011 at 4:21 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Yep, a chinese laborer in China, try that in the states. I don't think I have to harp about the impossibility of raising a family on minimum wage. What are we trying to say, that the world wants brain surgeons but not janitors? Good luck with that world.
That's because a Chinese labor in China doesn't have to contend with the fact that the entire supply chain ending in his dinner table is over paid. An American labor does. Still, the problem with American economy is systemic inadaquacy of labor quality relative to rates of pay throughout the entire economy.