we already have a type of that labor called day laborers who can't get a job or want to work for cheap cash so they don't have to pay taxes but also have no healthcare. We pass the areas where they all gather waiting for a guy that needs a crew that day to come up and show some cash.
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 1:21 AM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > All this complaining about slave labor, yet no one will acknowledge > that exactly same situation would exist in the United States if not > for the labor movement. > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Public outcry is the only thing that is going to change people's > behavior. > > Does anyone else find it chilling that Apple's profits just doubled in > the > > period that people were jumping off the roofs of the buildings where > their > > products are made? They made $7.9 billion in profits on $10.2 billion in > > gross revenues last quarter. That is not a typo, they are more or less > > printing money. Would it kill them to make sure that everyone who works > for > > them or in their supply chain is well compensated and has the opportunity > to > > live a decent life? And yet our society has become so corrupted that > people > > actually cheer Apple on. Are we really that blind to the pain and > suffering > > of the rest of the world? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:340614 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
