I bet it didn't take much pressure to get to agree. What would the Haitian government prefer, a company that paid low wages, or no company, nor wages at all?
If you ask the Haitians what they would prefer...a job that only pays 31 cents an hour....or no job at all....which do you think they would chose?
Read more: WIKILEAKS: U.S. Fought To Lower Minimum Wage In Haiti So Hanes And Levis Would Stay Cheap - Business Insider
Whose says we arent ran by corporations? This is more proof that corporations dominate our politics not only at home but overseas. Welcome to America [/FONT][/COLOR]
Read more: WIKILEAKS: U.S. Fought To Lower Minimum Wage In Haiti So Hanes And Levis Would Stay Cheap - Business Insider
Whose says we arent ran by corporations? This is more proof that corporations dominate our politics not only at home but overseas. Welcome to America [/FONT][/COLOR]
And we wonder why so many people in this world hate the United States...
The U.S. government making the rest of the world safe for American businesses has a LONG history.
No, only ignorant people ask such questions. The OP is a snippet view of real world cast against political angle for sensational headlines.
If the cost of doing business in Haiti goes up, profits go down. Levi's and Hanes would be forced to lower profits, thus lower investments while their competitors who are producing in lower cost countries... gain investment and market share. That's a reality check the OP leaves out. Some people will fall for the emotional "OMG SLAVE LABOUR big rich companies exploiting!!!" That's just an uneducated pov.
If you ask the Haitians what they would prefer...a job that only pays 31 cents an hour....or no job at all....which do you think they would chose?
Does that somehow justify us pressuring Haiti and other countries from pressuring the Haitian state to keep wages lower?
Of course you do, emotions drive you. It's okay Maggie, had the wage levels gone up, Levi's an Hanes might have moved their factories and jobs would have been lost and you would feel good knowing that "wages went up" even though jobs went away. But it's the feeling that counts right?So you have no problem with our State Department going to bat for corporations in foreign countries to undermine a country's attempt to improve the standard of living for its people?
I sure do.
So you are against raising minimum wage in America for that same reason I guess.
Of course you do, emotions drive you. It's okay Maggie, had the wage levels gone up, Levi's an Hanes might have moved their factories and jobs would have been lost and you would feel good knowing that "wages went up" even though jobs went away. But it's the feeling that counts right?
Min wage is a stupid idea that does far more harm then good.
Right, because only the US creates companies?
If you ask the Haitians what they would prefer...a job that only pays 31 cents an hour....or no job at all....which do you think they would chose?
Which rather neatly (if obviously) sidesteps the actual question: is it right for the U.S. to pressure Haiti into keeping wages lower?
Clearly the US government knows what's better for Haiti than the Haitian government does.:roll:
I wouldnt call China poor, they have the #2 economy in the world now.
I see. Disagree but I seeThat is not our decision to make. Our State Department should not be getting involved in another country's business. And most especially not when it's only to benefit state-side corporations. How is a country ever to improve itself if it's blackmailed or coerced into holding wages down by the government of the United States?
We have people working for a couple of Dollars a day here too, those illegals mowing your lawn, for example.They have people working for a couple of dollars a day there, so...
We have people working for a couple of Dollars a day here too, those illegals mowing your lawn, for example.
Post a list of all those other companies?
This statement, and the situation that is the thread topic, reminds me of the observation of Thomas Aquinas: "If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral".
That the US government enforces a grossly unjust situation in Haiti is no surprise to me, but disgusting nonetheless. By way of corporate influence, this country has reached a level of fascism.
Thanks to Wikileaks for yet another sobering insight.
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