Reply #13: So that is what the economists say, but I think they are wrong.

[Cleita]

Each region has something they are economically unique on and corporations who are running here and there for lower wage standards will get caught up in their own success. As people move there for the jobs, the COL go up and they eventually will have to pay a reasonable living wage.

Also, have you factored in the corporate businesses that provide service jobs? These are people like McDonalds, Holiday Inns, Arco etc.. Allowing these parasites to skim by on a lower national standard is criminal. They charge the bigger bucks that they can get away with in each region, especially the hotels, so it's time for them to pass it on.