1. Manufacturing, Sweatshops and Wages
The problem also lies in the fact that by raising wages, a firm naturally fires or hires less people which leaves more people unemployed or forced to work truly horrendous jobs such as in the case of the note sent in by David Pogue recounting his aunt working in prostitution. ... Although it may seem like common sense that one must give people a livable wage, the claim can be made that it should not be raised. ... Again, as seen in David Pogue's note to the NY times, these sweatshops are giving some people a way out of truly awful situations that they would be forsaken to should wages be ...
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