[ExI] undercover at Walmart

Damien Broderick thespike at satx.rr.com
Thu Feb 12 20:50:58 UTC 2009


At 03:30 PM 2/12/2009 -0500, Rafal wrote:

>### The labor of a worker in China is much less efficient, on average,
>than the labor of a worker in America (whether it is a Chinese or
>American worker is almost irrelevant here). This is the reason for the
>low cost of workers in China - they offer little, therefore they
>cannot demand much.

Ah, I see--and this is why these inefficient slobs can turn out tools 
that Spike can buy for

 >> ...Seventy seven bucks, for a box of new
 >> tools durn near too heavy for me to hoist!

even after cost of shipping 1/3 of the way around the planet. Imagine 
how much more expensive they'd have been if those inefficient slobs 
were as slick as their US equivalents.

Damien Broderick






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