I don't follow your argument. On the one hand you say that because we paid relatively more than poorer countries, this attracted a lot of people to work here.

I don't follow your argument. On the one hand you say that because we paid relatively more than poorer countries, this attracted a lot of people to work here. This is apparently "economic imperialism". Then you say that if we want more people to come and work here, we should pay even better than we were?