Re:U.S. senators propose 25% tax credit for semiconductor ma...
by vkou on Sunday June 20, 2021 @12:38PM
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> At least if we accepted poverty in the USA in exchange for bringing industry back home, those workers would be poor but work in a safe environment.
Nobody's stopping anyone from opening up a factory that pays people $7/hour in the US.
Since bringing industry back home is so important, are you ready to go work in it for those kinds of wages?
It's easy to demand that other people accept poverty. It's hard to explain why market actors would be willing to work for low wages in a high-COL country.
Nobody's stopping anyone from opening up a factory that pays people $7/hour in the US.
Since bringing industry back home is so important, are you ready to go work in it for those kinds of wages?
It's easy to demand that other people accept poverty. It's hard to explain why market actors would be willing to work for low wages in a high-COL country.