Re: When Picking Strawberries, Washing Dishes & Mowing Lawns Just Doesn't Pay Enough
Author: W. Edwards Deming
Date: 04-24-2010 - 12:15

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People of Arizona will regret that law. Say good bye to fresh fruits and veggies. Hope you don't vapor lock cutting your own lawn and paper plates will look great under a 35 dollar steak.
You think you can replace that labor pool. Think again.

So you're saying that our economy can only thrive if we have a limitless supply of cheap, Third World exploitable, illegal labor? If so, something is DEFINITELY wrong. To stay "competitive in the global marketplace", are you saying we're going to have to make the same measly wages as people in mainland China? If so, God help us.

Believe it or not, once upon a time, before business owners and consumers weren't hypnotized by low prices spawned from cheap, exploitable labor, all those things you described were performed honestly, and people were paid a fair and decent wage.

Yours is the same line of thinking that has people burying their heads in the sand like an ostrich when they're buying junk made in China at Wal-Mart that they know darn good and well was manufactured in sweat shops, more often than not with cild labor.

But who cares, as long as the price is right? Right?



Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  When Picking Strawberries, Washing Dishes & Mowing Lawns Just Doesn't Pay Enough Jim Gilchrist 04-24-2010 - 08:40
  Re: When Picking Strawberries, Washing Dishes & Mowing Lawns Just Doesn't Pay Enough stash 04-24-2010 - 11:02
  Re: When Picking Strawberries, Washing Dishes & Mowing Lawns Just Doesn't Pay Enough theconductor 04-24-2010 - 11:09
  Re: When Picking Strawberries, Washing Dishes & Mowing Lawns Just Doesn't Pay Enough WAF 04-24-2010 - 11:22
  Re: When Picking Strawberries, Washing Dishes & Mowing Lawns Just Doesn't Pay Enough W. Edwards Deming 04-24-2010 - 12:15
  Re: When Picking Strawberries, Washing Dishes & Mowing Lawns Just Doesn't Pay Enough WAF 04-24-2010 - 12:58
  That $50 Deal Is Ending Up Costing Taxpayers Millions Robert Krentz 04-24-2010 - 13:52
  Re: That $50 Deal Is Ending Up Costing Taxpayers Millions WAF 04-24-2010 - 14:43
  Re: That $50 Deal Is Ending Up Costing Taxpayers Millions Joel Manly 04-24-2010 - 15:18
  Re: That $50 Deal Is Ending Up Costing Taxpayers Millions WAF 04-24-2010 - 15:33
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  Re: Don't blame all bad things on immigrants Exchequer 04-25-2010 - 05:50
  Re: When Picking Strawberries, Washing Dishes & Mowing Lawns Just Doesn't Pay Enough Tacoma Railfan 04-26-2010 - 03:36
  Re: When Picking Strawberries, Washing Dishes & Mowing Lawns Just Doesn't Pay Enough Freddie 04-24-2010 - 11:53
  The Thread Isn't THAT Bad Chris Simcox 04-24-2010 - 12:23
  Re: The Thread Isn't THAT Bad stash 04-24-2010 - 13:22
  Re: I washed dishes, mowed lawns was homeless and joined the Navy... Steven D. Johnson 04-24-2010 - 13:33
  Re: I washed dishes, mowed lawns was homeless and joined the Navy... WAF 04-24-2010 - 13:49
  Re: The Thread Isn't THAT Bad Lou Dobbs 04-24-2010 - 13:33
  Re: The Thread Isn't THAT Bad WAF 04-24-2010 - 13:46
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  Re: The Thread Isn't THAT Bad Tom Dempsey 04-24-2010 - 14:17
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  Re: The Thread Isn't THAT Bad JWL 04-25-2010 - 11:28
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  Re: Who Would Work For Less Than They Could Get WAF 04-24-2010 - 15:12
  Re: Who Would Work For Less Than They Could Get OldPoleBurner 04-24-2010 - 16:14
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  Re: Who Would Work For Less Than They Could Get almo 04-25-2010 - 00:00
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