>ethiopia and most of africa would probably love to be making >a dollar a day, they are starving, and hacking each other >to death...a dollar a day factory would atleast give them something >else to do... > My wife, who was born in Ethiopia, agrees. Making a dollar a day in Canada or the United States is not the same as making a dollar a day in a third-world country. For example, six month's salary for an Internet cafe worker in Ghana is about $100US. No multi-nationals involved --that's just what the working class make. North American's wouldn't perform third-world-style menial tasks for even 8-$10 per hour, yet we're great consumers of third-world products -- electronics, clothing, food. And so it goes... _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body