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Politics : Actual left/right wing discussion

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To: one_less who wrote (5516)12/14/2006 8:31:17 PM
From: Kevin Rose  Read Replies (1) of 10087
 
What jobs would go overseas because of a raise in the minimum wage? Dishwashers? Kind of a long way to ship dishes to get them cleaned. Fast food? Granted, the last time I had Mickey D's, it could have been shipped in from China, but that seems like a lot of shipping costs...

A ripple effect? What jobs are really left in the US where the cost of labor is a primary competitive component? The reality is that the difference in labor costs between the US and China/India is 10-50x, and more. We've long since lost the jobs where cheap labor costs were a key component.

Also, why the picture of Kennedy? He is not even mentioned in the article.
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