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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts) Wed May 1, 2013, 03:40 PM May 2013

GOP Economic Plan - 38 Euros ($38) Per Month.

That pay is what Bangeladeshis were living on when the building collpased. After GOPPERS I know say they can live on that there.

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GOP Economic Plan - 38 Euros ($38) Per Month. (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis May 2013 OP

38 Euros = $50.08 frazzled May 2013 #1

That's Still Barely More Than $1 A Day. They Probably Work Week Ends. TheMastersNemesis May 2013 #2

Sadly, it's probably twice as much as they could be making otherwise frazzled May 2013 #3

frazzled

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1. 38 Euros = $50.08

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Wed May 1, 2013, 04:12 PM

May 2013

Just saying.

Not that that's any better, but to be accurate about the value of the euro today.

TheMastersNemesis

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2. That's Still Barely More Than $1 A Day. They Probably Work Week Ends.

Reply to frazzled (Reply #1)

Wed May 1, 2013, 04:15 PM

May 2013

frazzled

(18,402 posts)

3. Sadly, it's probably twice as much as they could be making otherwise

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Reply #2)

Wed May 1, 2013, 05:23 PM

May 2013

I'm not kidding. I was listening to a reporter who'd been in that region for some time when the disaster happened, and she was asked what would happen to these workers if the factory closed. She said it would be devastating: they had no other jobs.

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