anomaly said:
The workers always need the corporations, perhaps moreso than today's corporations need the workers. Workes need money, and as long as a corporation offers some money, there will be plenty of workers willing to work, in an attempt to survive. (You never see a company having too few workers, even companies like Nike that have workers work in the harshest of conditions for a very meager wage)
The reason there are so many extra workers is because government regulations make it difficult to start small businesses, minimum wage hinders thte ability of small businesses to thrive, and people want to go to the big corporations because the government makes them overpay for the job.
This creates a downward spiral, making workers compete for the ever shrinking job market, trying to become one of the select few that gets a job. Sure, the jobs may pay enough to live off of because of the "good" government regulations, but tons of other people get no job at all because of the government strangling the job market.
anomaly said:
A factory job is worth 20 cents an hour? Atleast 5 dollars an hour, I'd think. And, what other jobs are 'worth' less? A machinist? A carpenter? Are these jobs 'worth' less?
$5/hr for something a 5 year old could do?
I really find that quite amusing.
And machinists and carpenters require plenty of skill, intelligence, and experience. They are obviously not worthless.
But the person standing in an assembly line all day putting the same two parts together 1000 times deserves what the job is worth, which is probably less than $5.
anomaly said:
Where's your evidence that 'with low paying jobs, people have an easier time moving up'? It seems to me that a higher level job requires an education, which costs money, and a person making 20 cents an hour probably can't afford it. I don't see how its any easier! It looks to be harder!
Studies show that people working minimum wage get higher wages like 5x faster than people not working minimum wage.
Moving up the ladder doesn't mean going from an assembly line worker to CEO of a gigantic corporation.
Small steps are taken, with small increases in wage.
Some millionaires are high school dropouts.
While an education is nice to have, it is not a necessity to move up the ladder.
And the person earning 20c/hr could probably move up to ~$9/hr before they actually needed education. And once you are there, you CAN save up.
anomaly said:
And where are these 'regulations that make moving up difficult'?
Minimum wage laws make it difficult just to go from unemployed to employed.
Thousands of rediculous regulations on owning and operating a business make small businesses very hard to create and maintain.
Welfare makes giving up look like the best solution.
Patents and copyrights prevent people from creating their own versions of a product.
anomaly said:
Gov't regulations allow you to get a foot in the door, instead of having it slam on you.
Government regulations pick 10 people out of 100 to get in the door,
then they shut it and deadbolt it.
anomaly said:
They allow the air you breathe to be cleaner, they allow workers to atleast make something close to what they need to survive (minimum wage).
Please refer to my previous statement.
They allow the workers to survive, but because of FORCING companies to do various things, thousands of jobs are lost altogether.
Instead of everyone earning a wage fair for the job, a chosen few get good wages while all the rest get nothing.
anomaly said:
Regulations have helped the modern American worker tremendously, it is the foreign worker in a country with few regulations that is hurting. This suggests that regulations are beneficial to workers.
I know, you are right....
I feel so sorry for the poor people in the foreign countries that can now make 20c/hr instead of nothing.
The people that can now afford to feed themselves, instead of starving to death.
It was much better before we offered them jobs.
anomaly said:
Regulations only hurt the big corporations, thus, they leave to do business in a country without regulations in their never ending quest for profit.
When big corporations can only afford to employ half as many workers because they must pay them twice as much, EVERYONE loses.
-We get a more expensive product.
-Companies get less profit.
-Employees get fired and become unemployed.
Don't say it only affects the big corporations, because that's a lie.
anomaly said:
But if you compare the American worker's life now (with regulations) to his life 100 years ago (without regulations) you will find that his living and working conditions are exponentially better.
That arguement is completely rediculous.
Compare conditions of any period to those of 100yrs before. It's almost always better.
A valid comparison would be to contrast our state of living with other countries. 100 years ago we had THE BEST living/working conditions on the planet, with no regulations that is. Today we are #12 on the list, with our "wonderful" regulations bringing us down 11 places.