A better scenario would be for the $70/day U.S. workers
to ask themselves "why am I only making $70/day and how can I
make more?". Most people do not want to face the economic
realities that what they do is just not worth more than $70/day
to anyone. The great thing about "life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness" is that we in the U.S. are free to improve
ourselves and move up the economic latter. But it's up to us,
individually, to do that. There are no clauses in the
Constitution that guarantee success, only the opportunity to
pursue it.

Basic economics (true since the very first barter trade between
cavemen) -- you only earn what your goods and services are worth
to someone else.

Matt Pobursky
Maximum Performance Systems

On Wed, 5 Jun 2002 10:21:46 -0600, Shawn Mulligan wrote:
>Why are we so worried about third-world workers who are only
>making $1 a
>day? Shouldn't we worry about our workers that only earn the
>North American
>equivalent of $70 a day? Shouldn't we be searching for ways to
>double
>'their' wages and lessen their burdens?

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