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opebo
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« on: January 22, 2012, 03:53:57 PM »
Of course the problem Wonk is no matter how cheap a TV is, it doesn't make up for the fact that there are no jobs in the US anymore.  Technically the TV would have to become free because when you have no job, you have no money to spend (leaving aside the issue that without food one could not really focus on the programming for long).
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« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2012, 04:52:48 AM »
Quote from: Wonkish1 on January 22, 2012, 08:24:21 PM
You do know that China's average household income is now about $12k a year and they have freedom to choose any job that will take them right?

That's PPP nonsense again, isn't it, Wonk?

In any case, it is still slave labor - non-slave labor involves full benefits, a comfortable pension, and about $35-45/hour.
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« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2012, 05:51:06 AM »
Quote from: Simfan34 on January 24, 2012, 04:29:17 PM
... We can get these jobs back. But we don't have the will.

No problem, the only way to get them back is to reduce the average wage to around $5/hour.  And the controllers certainly have the will to do that.. its coming soon.
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