15-12-2008, 22:57
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Re: Woolworth's
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Originally Posted by jaysay
Its not a matter of that Rindi, we can't compete with the Asian nations, who pay ridiculously low wages, that's the whole point, things such as that are out of our control, people in these countries are paid for a weeks work what British workers earn in an hour. Isn't' that what happened to the Cotton Industry, and as you've said you can train a monkey to answer the phone for peanuts and compared to this country people will work for what we call peanuts but to them its a living wage. Why is it that firms like Nike, Timberland and the like, all have their factories in China, Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh and Pakistan because the wages are so low.
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yep all for a quick buck.we should be making our country self effiecient to help with social coheasion not let it fall down the drain for a quick buck oohhh the times are changin the answers are blowin in the wind 
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