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zachleigh's avatar

Ukrainian Employee: My pay is less than the German's pay!

Boss: Good point. You all now earn Bangladeshi pay.

Be careful what you wish for.

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SaeedPrez's avatar

It's important not to mix (personal) opinion and fact.

  • How many jobs and manufacturing opportunities have been shipped to countries like China and India thanks to the unfair low rates?
  • What is the economic growth outcome of those countries?
  • Is it fair that people who have higher living cost lose their jobs/incomes because people who have lower living cost can offer better prices?
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willvincent's avatar

It's important not to mix (personal) opinion and fact.

But, whether or not something is fair IS opinion ;)

jlrdw's avatar

My house in Abilene TX is worth about 80,000. Same home in California would probably be 400,000. So if I lived in California I would hope I made more money than Abilene Texas. Some people don't understand the cost of living differential.

jekinney's avatar

Lol, yeah Tennessee cost of living == SanDiego, Ca.

SaeedPrez's avatar

@willvincent that's the point I was trying to make, that fairness is not relevant when dealing with facts.Fairness is just something made up by humans.

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willvincent's avatar

@SaeedPrez it occurred to me after I hit post that you were probably coming at this from roughly the same angle I am. :)

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