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I don't know what the average Chinese or Mexican salary is. But their middle classes have been increasing in droves the past few years.
As for environmental regulations, I never said anything about environmental regulations in the first place, but I'm not against them. The smog in China is absolutely horrendous and completely unhealthy for the populous.
Well, good luck with that then.
And environmental regulations... You aren't allowed to dump industrial waste in streams and lakes in certain countries -- something about people dying or getting cancer. Others look the other way. Cost of doing business is lower in one of these places.
...However the caveat is often minimum wage laws and the wages demanded by workers, especially unionized ones. It's just cheaper to produce overseas for so many basic consumer products.
Sincerely,
Retail Worker & Welding Student
This is why it's best if wages stagnate for decades. Housing prices will remain the same. :hmm:
There was a time when salespeople intimately knew their product and were knowledgeable. They could think on their feet and make a good living with limited education. But no, businesses wanted to "save money" by going the 7.25 an hour route. Their salespeople were reduced to little more than warm bodies that could do little more than read the features off a display. Businesses seem to think they can give the bare minimum and expect above and beyond in return, but it does not work that way. Pay stupid wages and you get stupid people.
You get what you pay for.
See: What happened to Circuit City after they got rid of commissioned sales.
(They promptly went out of business.)
There is serious talk in NJ to make $15 the new minimum wage.
Ummm OK. So, a gas attendant is going to get paid $15 an hour for sticking a gas nozzle in my tank. That makes a lot of sense.
*We still have full serve in NJ.
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No, the state of Washington pegged minimum wage to inflation. It's $9.5 an hour right now.
Too bad the jobs that are meant to be permanent jobs are leaving the country or increasingly becoming obsolete by the year. Even if we reduced the pay of factory jobs to make our country "competitive" to China in a constant race to the bottom Americans would still be dealing with a shit sandwich either way.
See: What happened to Circuit City after they got rid of commissioned sales.
(They promptly went out of business.)
There is a high end restaurant here that sells $40 burgers. That's in CAD, so that's about US$30. Consequently, the burger flippers there make a decent wage apparently.If your life career is flipping a burger you're probably doing something wrong.
What makes it even worse is this is the second time. The first time being at a burger king in California http://www.sfgate.com/food/article/Burger-King-break-windows-drive-car-front-6804724.php for the same prank
Speaking of fast food employees, are they now getting paid to push their value meals? Every time I try to order something, they always want to make it a meal. I just want a chicken sandwich and a drink, not the fries. Why would they want to force this on me? They don't get paid commission that I am aware of, and they are just putting more work on their staff to add fries to it.
There is serious talk in NJ to make $15 the new minimum wage.
Ummm OK. So, a gas attendant is going to get paid $15 an hour for sticking a gas nozzle in my tank. That makes a lot of sense.
*We still have full serve in NJ.
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Speaking of fast food employees, are they now getting paid to push their value meals? Every time I try to order something, they always want to make it a meal. I just want a chicken sandwich and a drink, not the fries. Why would they want to force this on me? They don't get paid commission that I am aware of, and they are just putting more work on their staff to add fries to it.