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Originally Posted by Walt
Manual laborers make shitty wages because anybody can do what they do. There is little to no skill involved in the tasks they perform. Given 5 minutes of instruction, ANYBODY can learn to operate a shovel, pick oranges or wash dishes. In other words, employers pay wages that they think are appropriate for the labor/service they are receiving. Should the laborer be unsatisfied with their compensation, he or she is free to quit and seek a better wage elsewhere. I fail to see anything wrong or "unfair" with this.
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It's not just manual labor and call center jobs that are being farmed out though. And I'm surprised that no politician has linked the outsourcing of middle class jobs to the current 10% unemployment rate.
But people want lower prices, even if it means that others won't be able to find any work.
On a side note, I have heard the media news state that China has 1.3 billion consumers as if that is real. I will agree with them that a few of them will see Avatar (or whatever censored version they show), but how many will really buy Apple's new mythical tablet? Now, if the workers from India and China were able to earn more money, they may be able to buy the more expensive products from the western world.