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| Thread ID: 126529 | 2012-09-03 00:19:00 | Outsourcing ! Unbelievable! | Digby (677) | PC World Chat |
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| 1298503 | 2012-09-03 06:39:00 | This is why I keep saying we must keep our wages where they are and let Asia catch us up. Quite agree. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1298504 | 2012-09-03 07:01:00 | @Mikebartnz I have been saying this for the 5 years. You are the first person I have seen that agrees with me. Now lets do some brainstorming. Suppose wages were the same all over the world. Ie unskilled workers were all on the same wage roughly And IT workers were all on the same wage roughyl. What would that do for NZ. Would we be able to export more or less. Eg every country (or most) have some natural advantage. We have lots of grass and water. China has lots of people. Chile has lots of copper. It would all depend on a country's population for manufacturing volume and shipping costs and a countries innovation and education levels. A lot of manufacturing would go back to the USA. We would not have so many Indian telemarketers calling us That Chinese printing company would not have bothered to email me. I think we had better start a dedicated thread on this... |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1298505 | 2012-09-03 08:09:00 | The retail religion is only possible because of slave labour. If all the 3rd world workers were paid a decent wage, families would need to save for a long time in order to afford any new electronics & it will actually be worth fixing electronic devices. | Greven (91) | ||
| 1298506 | 2012-09-03 08:13:00 | @Mikebartnz I have been saying this for the 5 years. I have been saying it for longer. I was doing the front disks on my car and someone said "why do you bother". Quite simple really. Besides the cost of the labour I source the pads for a lot less than I would pay for them doing so and I don't have to pay any tax on all the money I save. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1298507 | 2012-09-03 08:15:00 | The retail religion is only possible because of slave labour. If all the 3rd world workers were paid a decent wage, families would need to save for a long time in order to afford any new electronics & it will actually be worth fixing electronic devices. No one here would even think of working the hours under the conditions in China for the wages they get paid. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1298508 | 2012-09-03 08:18:00 | The retail religion is only possible because of slave labour. If all the 3rd world workers were paid a decent wage, families would need to save for a long time in order to afford any new electronics & it will actually be worth fixing electronic devices. That's right, I well remember buying my first HIFI, $1200 in 1976, what would that be in 2012 dollars, $8,967.07!!!! according to the reserve bank inflation calculator. Little wonder I had to save like hell for it. Today of course Roberts don't make Amps. (it was the only NZ made component) |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1298509 | 2012-09-03 08:36:00 | No one here would even think of working the hours under the conditions in China for the wages they get paid. Whats wrong with working 20 stories up on bamboo scaffolding for a $1 an hour? or working in any of China's coal mines? |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1298510 | 2012-09-03 08:53:00 | Whats wrong with working 20 stories up on bamboo scaffolding for a $1 an hour? or working in any of China's coal mines? Was that question for Metla.:D |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1298511 | 2012-09-03 09:20:00 | I think that sounds like a great place for Digby to work..... | Metla (12) | ||
| 1298512 | 2012-09-03 09:47:00 | I think that sounds like a great place for Digby to work..... Which one ? |
Digby (677) | ||
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