Demand for medical equipment is making air cargo fees ‘crazy’

Re:Demand for medical equipment is making air cargo fees ‘cr... by jldugger on Monday March 30, 2020 @02:51PM (#22730986)

> Why is everything made in China?

Because we don't let people migrate to the US in sufficient quantities to equalize the cost of labor. For better or worse, there's a ton of underemployed folks in China who's alternative to manufacturing is subsistence farming.

Since this is, in your own words, a national security problem, I imagine you're in favor of removing the national immigration quotas the US imposes?

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Re:Demand for medical equipment is making air cargo fees ‘cr... by nhebb on Monday March 30, 2020 @03:12PM (#22731236)

In order for that argument to work, the US would also have to lower the minimum wage. Is that what you're proposing?

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Re:Demand for medical equipment is making air cargo fees ‘cr... by roenxi on Monday March 30, 2020 @05:48PM (#22732584)

The strategy would presumably be halve the minimum wage while simultaneously halving the cost of everything else.

Someone one 60% of the US minimum wage in China would theoretically [0][1] have a more comfortable lifestyle than a US minimum wage worker. In all likelihood this is because they can buy stuff extremely cheaply because their manufacturing costs are lower.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomi...

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Re:Demand for medical equipment is making air cargo fees ‘cr... by gbear605 on Monday March 30, 2020 @03:50PM (#22731603)

No need to, let enough people immigrate and the cost of wages in China will go up to over the US minimum wage

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Re:Demand for medical equipment is making air cargo fees ‘cr... by _jal on Monday March 30, 2020 @04:12PM (#22731811)

In your estimation, how many relocated people would be required to push the median Chinese wage over, say, $12?

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