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Originally Posted by genjy

Yes. It boggles my mind.

Many people don't understand that Mexican and Chinese workers aren't working for "slave wages." The costs of living in other parts of the world are completely different.

Just because some factory worker in Vietnam earns $5 USD a day making shoes for Nike, that doesn't mean he is getting screwed. He probably earns more than most other manual laborers in Vietnam.

Everyone understands that. The problem is when people say we cannot compete and act like it's because we somehow are the only country with lazy workers or the ever popular "it's the unions fault". No we have a much higher cost of living so even if the American worker is the hardest worker on the planet the 3rd world country employee only needs a fraction of the pay to live an average lifestyle in their country.