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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (25879)1/23/2004 12:08:53 PM
From: kumar  Read Replies (2) of 793755
 
I would say the fact that fellow manufacturing TVs is using slave-wage labor would in fact matter to me. Those of us who can afford to pay few $s more for an item should not support the exploitation of dirt-cheap labor. The 3rd world will never progress if we do.

there are more than 2 sides to this coin :

- what is "dirt cheap" in the US is often "gold rich" in some parts of the world.

- I am visiting India in the next few weeks, to visit my parents. If I took a state-of-the-art TV (which is probably made in South/South East Asia, but considered as a US product), as a gift for them, I would be paying some big time Customs duties. To the Indian Government, its a "source of revenue". To us, its a "trade barrier".

- If one wants the "3rd world" to progress, why is one against jobs being handled from the "3rd world" at a lower price point than the "1st world" ? How does one expect progress to come about, without appropriate job opportunities (and these are not state funded jobs) ?
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