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JCMach1

(27,556 posts)
1. Living wage tariffs...
Tue May 22, 2012, 09:24 AM
May 2012

If American companies operating abroad don't pay according to say average wage for such work in America subtracting some percentage, then the tariff would be slapped on.

Watch how attractive America becomes again once you can't use slave labor to produce your products.

I even have a name for it: "The International Workers Protection Act"...

Because corporations can operate across borders without impunity, governments have to begin standing-up for themselves, their workers, and 'yes' even the mistreated workers in those other countries.

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