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Hard when large political forces want to keep you down. Evidence suggests the US State Department prevented pay raises to textile workers in Haiti. https://www

Hard when large political forces want to keep you down. Evidence suggests the US State Department prevented pay raises to textile workers in Haiti. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/21/lee-camp/did-hillary-clintons-state-department-help-suppres/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/21/lee-camp/d...

drran 5y ago
Did you read what you post? I cannot find "prevented pay raises to textile workers" in the text. I see text about "minimum wage increase", i.e. tax increase.
- jwilber 5y ago
  Ignoring your weird tax increase comment, here’s what OP mentioned: “ The two media outlets assessed the cables and found, among many other revelations, that the "U.S. Embassy in Haiti worked closely with factory owners contracted by Levi’s, Hanes, and Fruit of the Loom to aggressively block a paltry minimum wage increase" for workers in apparel factories.” This is just awful all around. Between state actions and nature, Haiti never can seem to catch a break.
  - drran 5y ago
    > Ignoring your weird tax increase comment, What? If you ignored my comment, then why you reply to it? We had the exact same situation in my own country: our government suddenly decided to triple minimum wage, to triple taxes. A lot of small businesses were closed because of this sudden change. We had protests, but they are too late. Sadly, US embassy did not help us.
- partsKnown 5y ago
  Found the state actor :)
knownjorbist 5y ago
The solution is easy: make immigration easier.
- partsKnown 5y ago
  That's the rub. We want to "help" just not like that. Lol. Not in my backyard, right.
drran 5y ago
We had the exact same situation in my own country: our government suddenly decided to triple minimum wage, to triple taxes. A lot of small businesses were closed because of this sudden change. We had protests, but they are too late. Sadly, US embassy did not help us.
e-clinton 5y ago
I never understood the logic behind the claim “X wants to keep Y” down. How does keeping any country “down” benefit anyone? It doesn’t. It hurts society even more.

drran 5y ago

Did you read what you post? I cannot find "prevented pay raises to textile workers" in the text. I see text about "minimum wage increase", i.e. tax increase.

jwilber 5y ago
Ignoring your weird tax increase comment, here’s what OP mentioned: “ The two media outlets assessed the cables and found, among many other revelations, that the "U.S. Embassy in Haiti worked closely with factory owners contracted by Levi’s, Hanes, and Fruit of the Loom to aggressively block a paltry minimum wage increase" for workers in apparel factories.” This is just awful all around. Between state actions and nature, Haiti never can seem to catch a break.
- drran 5y ago
  > Ignoring your weird tax increase comment, What? If you ignored my comment, then why you reply to it? We had the exact same situation in my own country: our government suddenly decided to triple minimum wage, to triple taxes. A lot of small businesses were closed because of this sudden change. We had protests, but they are too late. Sadly, US embassy did not help us.
partsKnown 5y ago
Found the state actor :)

knownjorbist 5y ago

The solution is easy: make immigration easier.

partsKnown 5y ago
That's the rub. We want to "help" just not like that. Lol. Not in my backyard, right.

drran 5y ago

We had the exact same situation in my own country: our government suddenly decided to triple minimum wage, to triple taxes. A lot of small businesses were closed because of this sudden change. We had protests, but they are too late. Sadly, US embassy did not help us.

e-clinton 5y ago

I never understood the logic behind the claim “X wants to keep Y” down. How does keeping any country “down” benefit anyone? It doesn’t. It hurts society even more.