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You can not make labor in the US as cheap as it is in China because if you did they would not be able to afford food.

• CamperBob 16y ago
  You can not make labor in the US as cheap as it is in China because if you did they would not be able to afford food. I wonder if that's really true. Food's pretty cheap nowadays.
  • abalashov 16y ago
    Then perhaps the more accurate statement would be that food would be all they'd be able to afford. At that point, options are really, really cheap (and incredibly toxic) fast food, or buying some sort of staple in bulk like rice or grains. And if you don't have a roof over your head, it won't do you much good to spend 2/3rds of your monthly salary on a big bag of rice from Costco.
  • binaryfinery 16y ago
    Even with government subsidized corn, its still not cheap enough. I suppose if we round them all up like we did in the 18th century we could manage it. Put their children to work too. Make them slaves in everything but name. Yes, this is what the founding fathers meant by freedom!