wankawanka
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Fri Dec-24-04 08:53 PM
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What do you think about a international minimum wage as part of trade agre |
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ements? Maybe there should also be international unions for like huge companies like say microsoft.
I think stuff like that could really help with things like outscoring because that would help make fair labor standards
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Fri Dec-24-04 08:56 PM
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1. This was part of Gephardt's platform. |
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I thought it was a great idea.
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MercutioATC
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Fri Dec-24-04 09:11 PM
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Agreed. Good idea, as long as it's indexed to cost of living.
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Fri Dec-24-04 10:22 PM
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9. If my Big Maconomics is right.. |
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"Agreed. Good idea, as long as it's indexed to cost of living."
.. isn't wage levels different because of different cost of living in the first place?
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Fri Dec-24-04 11:22 PM
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11. Technically yes, in reality no... |
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Many of the people that are stuck in these factories make barely enough to pay for one meal a day for themselves, in their own country, much less anywhere else. So while a worker in Mexico is more expensive than one in Ghana, in both situations they are not being paid living wages.
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Fri Dec-24-04 09:01 PM
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2. Sounds like a great idea to me. |
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Though international unions may be hard to achieve. Don't know anything about them.
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Fri Dec-24-04 09:10 PM
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3. Let's solve more important problems first. Ban Nukes & Global Warming! |
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Edited on Fri Dec-24-04 09:13 PM by TwentyFive
Enforcing international laws is difficult to impossible. Until we can keep nukes away from dictators & agree on solving a clear problem like global warming....I think economic issues should take a back seat. They are much more difficult to enforce, and impossible to agree on.
I think it sounds noble, but we should look to making the world nuke free and save what little is left of the envionment first.
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SariesNightly
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Fri Dec-24-04 10:30 PM
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Lotsa props to what you said up there.
Because of the media whores, almost no one is representing the environment these days.
Although it could be argued that environmental awareness will rise in proportion to economic prosperity just like it does in certain European countries, two things make me doubt this:
1. USA's irresponsible first world gluttony. 2. China going through Europe's Industrial Revolution phase, but at quadruple the amount of resources, pollution, and fuel.
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Fri Dec-24-04 09:20 PM
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5. That may be one solution but it would have to be modified |
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One thing is for sure: Ultra-Capitalists got tired of having to treat their workers correctly in this country and now are exploiting the world's poor, so we have to find some way to protect them, not only to save our own jobs in the USA, but to save others from the suffering hardships that Americans fought against over 100 years ago--child labor, etc.
Very tragic how Capitalists will prey upon people relentlessly unless regulated. Kind of makes one wonder about folks who insist "people are naturally good"--does that apply to the ultra-rich Fascists? (note: I'm not against a market economy, only unregulated free-fall Ultra-Capitalism/Fascism)
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Fri Dec-24-04 09:23 PM
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6. Doesn't have a snowball's prayer in hell |
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Who do you think negotiates these damn trade agreements? It's the corporate lawyers for the CEOs who bought the politicians.
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Fri Dec-24-04 09:28 PM
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7. no trade agreements without an international minimum wage |
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Fri Dec-24-04 10:05 PM
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8. An Aw some Idea, something the IWW would support. |
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International Organization should be easier than some in this thread have indicated, due mainly to technologies like the Internet.
Presupposes a minimum standard of living however.
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