theres been a lot of discussion lately about 3rd world sweatshops. i had a dead keyboard so i couldnt respond earlier.
as someone who lives in a 3rd world country all i can say is bring them on!! the more industry that starts up here, the more jobs & more foreign income we generate. and while the salaries/wages paid may seem ridiculously low by the standards paid in the usa, and are in fact low for anyone to survive on here, the fact is that there are thousands and thousands of unemployed who would jump at the opportunity of any kind of regular income. rather struggle to survive on a low salary than starve on no income.... the sight of a queue of a hundred pluis people at the side of the road waiting for the opportunity of one days casual work really brings it home how desperate people are here. recently the car manufacturers have cottoned on to our low labour costs, good technical and management skills, and started to move production out here. we now produce all the worlds right hand drive 3-series bmws, as well as a whole slew of toyotas and vws for export - this has had an enormous benefit on our economy and currency. so, hell, yeah, bring the induzstry here, we'll take all we can get.... ron np - giselle hawkins - magdalene laundries (nice one giselle!!) question - the song prior to this - "amos moses" performed by who & when & available where?? one of those songs i loved for years buit never seemed to get hold of...
