Domingo Halliburton
Handmade in USA
I don't get the premise of this thread...almost all the job gains since the recession have come in waiter/bar jobs.
Whats wrong with pushing more Americans to work for lower wages like china does?
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Hyperbole never translates into solutions from you all. Ironic, isn't it?
when they could have been in textiles, industry, and entry level telecom
Macro-economists do it all the time
This push towards improving standard of living has come at the cost of the real labor market for all skill levels.
NZA
LOL
i guess he wants people to accelerate the trend, so instead of waiters, the number of street musicians, prostitutes, and shoe shiners should be going up
Meta Reign
I walk the streets like, ''say something, n!gga!''
race to the bottom, brehs.
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
The standard of living isn't going to improve while wages decrease or even stay the same for that matter, and the cost of living soars. Wages "growth" has stayed the same for decades and the cost of living increased substantially. Comparing the US to China is beyond silly and they have serious social and economic issues that pale in comparison to what the US is facing.
So why complain about jobs leaving then?The standard of living isn't going to improve while wages decrease or even stay the same for that matter, and the cost of living soars. Wages "growth" has stayed the same for decades and the cost of living increased substantially. Comparing the US to China is beyond silly and they have serious social and economic issues that pale in comparison to what the US is facing.
Whats the point of having that discussion?
Meta Reign
I walk the streets like, ''say something, n!gga!''
I'm no fan of the ad hom, but if you're arguing for this, then you have a seriously flawed idea of what's going on in this economy. Like to a point where your argument warrants no entertainment.
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Misanthrope
None of the above '16
Mexico just raised their minumum wage to $4.25.
Not 4.25 an hour. 4.25 a DAY. This is what OP says we should emulate, an economy where you can work 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year and make $1,062.50. You can't get a month's rent in parts of the country for that.
You cannot drop legal wages enough to compete with the Mexico's and China's of the world without the rank and file workers deciding that they would be better off robbing cats and selling cocaine.
Not 4.25 an hour. 4.25 a DAY. This is what OP says we should emulate, an economy where you can work 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year and make $1,062.50. You can't get a month's rent in parts of the country for that.
You cannot drop legal wages enough to compete with the Mexico's and China's of the world without the rank and file workers deciding that they would be better off robbing cats and selling cocaine.
Oh ok, so just ghost-jobs for everyone then?
So Americans just won't work.
Thats fine.
Just say so.
We might as well just accept this.
Americans want the comfortable life, with none of the hard work or willingness to work.
Misanthrope
None of the above '16
Dope dealing is work. Robbery is work. It's not LEGAL work, but standing on the ave selling dope is as much of a job as standing behind a counter selling burgers. And if it pays better than legal work, then that's what people are going to do. In fact, economically it would be stupid of them to do a job that pays less. Especially when in your fantasy job market, going to jail gets you a better quality of life than working legally for $4-5 dollars a day.
You are advocating working without being able to afford any sort of comfort or security.
Hershey, PA is a factory town.
If those existed today, people would throwing a fit.
Can't have it both ways.
I'm saying that expectations of comfort are over-blown and treated as protected species