Comments on: Why Am I Not Hearing This? -Grimgold https://bartblog.bartcop.com/?p=938 The Blog of BartCop.com Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:36:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9 By: Peregrin https://bartblog.bartcop.com/?p=938&cpage=1#comment-5588 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:52:18 +0000 http://bartblog.bartcop.com/2007/09/18/why-am-i-not-hearing-this-grimgold/#comment-5588 I think it’s a great idea! And we can call it “Cancun.”

]]> By: grimgold https://bartblog.bartcop.com/?p=938&cpage=1#comment-5564 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:56:46 +0000 http://bartblog.bartcop.com/2007/09/18/why-am-i-not-hearing-this-grimgold/#comment-5564 But if they worked it correctly, Mexico could easily, easily be one of the richest nations in the world.
They whouldn’t have to hate the rich (USA) any longer.

]]> By: grimgold https://bartblog.bartcop.com/?p=938&cpage=1#comment-5547 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:07:46 +0000 http://bartblog.bartcop.com/2007/09/18/why-am-i-not-hearing-this-grimgold/#comment-5547 In other words, Oddkitty, the U.S companies in collusion with the federal govt and in collusion with the govt of Mexico, is causing the Mexican people to remain dirt poor.
You could be right.
Grimy

]]> By: wryly https://bartblog.bartcop.com/?p=938&cpage=1#comment-5545 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:20:42 +0000 http://bartblog.bartcop.com/2007/09/18/why-am-i-not-hearing-this-grimgold/#comment-5545 Brilliant idea, really.

I’m guessing no one will do anything because the price of labor would go up here when the workers leave.

NAFTA was for the rich, not the middle class or poor: cheap labor, cheap products, more profit for “our shareholders”.

]]> By: oddcatout https://bartblog.bartcop.com/?p=938&cpage=1#comment-5544 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:17:50 +0000 http://bartblog.bartcop.com/2007/09/18/why-am-i-not-hearing-this-grimgold/#comment-5544 Grimy As I’ve said before, U.S. companies set up in Mexico so as not to have to pay a minimum wage, provide safe working conditions & benefits. How is it that you think you have the solution Obe Won Kenobi without considering facts? The main draw for U.S. companies is the low cost of labor in Mexico, where wages in manufacturing are a fraction of what U.S. workers earn. Aerospace manufacturing increasingly going to Mexico. http://www.globalmanufacture.net/home/news/aerospace.cfm
Although US companies will not admit it, another reason for locating in Mexico is the weak enforcement of environmental laws. Matamoros, with more than 100 maquiladoras, has only three government health and safety inspectors, who normally give advance warning of factory visits. Air quality and industrial effluents are tested only once a year.

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