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Originally Posted by Marvelous Marv
I predict that Obama will continue to blame big business for not being able to compete with the Chinese.
Of course, China doesn't have a president who created a hotline to the ABA so employees don't have to go to any trouble to sue their employers.
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I heard some jackass from the National Chamber of Commerce echoing this sentiment yesterday too. It's fucking nuts. As if the solution to our problems is to reduce compensation and safety standards in our workplaces. Hmm. Who will benefit if we do that? Will it be the workers who can't afford to support their families with their sweatshop pay? No. Will it be the workers who won't get health insurance, but will get sick more due to shittier working conditions and thus place an even larger drain on our healthcare system? No. Will it be society in general, who will have to shoulder increased social and financial burdens brought about by the widespread adoption of sweatshop-type labor practices? No. Will it be the newly created vast underclass of the working impoverished? No.
So the people won't benefit. Society in general won't benefit. Who will? I'm guessing the folks who will employ sweatshop labor. So that's nice for them, I guess. They get a healthy windfall, and only at the expense of
most of the rest of society.
Good plan, Chamber of Commerce. Obama should spend less time pandering to these assholes.