How is it thast you miss the point EVERY TIME? Globalization is effective only when the laws affecting the entire globe are equalized. It's incredibly unfair to US employees to compete with workers who are willing to work for pennies, simply because it's against the law. This is not a law that is going to change. It's unfair becuase a US worker cannot choose to work for $.50/hour, while an employer can choose to move to Mexico to find workers to do just that, while importing the goods just across the border to make a very high profit.
There has been talk of raising the minimum wage here in the US again. Some joker in NC wants to raise it a full dollar per hour. While meaning almost nothing to the worker ($40 per week -$30 after taxes? gets you almost a tank of gas) and meaning that a small employer pays an extra $400/week/10 workers. You analogy has only a small amount of relevance. A closed economy's success is based on its size. The US is plenty big enough to fulfill its own needs and keep its people employed. Opening up this economy should be based on the equalization of competing nations to play on a level playing ground, from a legalistic standpoint. I do realize that it's the unequal playing ground that makes the economy competitive. However, the playing ground is is not based on economics but government, which is why it's important to equalize them. The economics can level itself out on it's own, the government never will. - Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gruss Gott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 8:50 PM Subject: Re: They don't all hate us >> Dana wrote: >> what has it done for me or anyone else lately? > > Have you purchased anything in the last 10 years? If so then you > benefited greatly from globalization. Bought a house? Then you > benefited more. Have a job or a business? Then you benefited. > > Globalization is no different than a small town choosing to shut > itself off from world and only do business with people in a 10 mile > radius. Supply would drop, prices would skyrocket. And for those > that didn't couldn't produce in-demand goods, there'd be no jobs. > > By opening up that small town to trade with other towns you expand job > options, increase competition, and thus lower prices. Those that work > in the new market, however, have a whole new set of people to compete > with and they have to adapt accordingly. > > With Globalization, if you realize that and prepare for it, you're not > doing it blindly. If you isolate yourself, however, you'll be > trampled underfoot by those looking to buy Charmin for as cheap as > possible. > > SIDE NOTE: I recently had this discussion with some who, after telling > me the perils of Globalization, drove away in her Prius. Ahhhh... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:207312 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
