Reply #14: So your solution is...? [View All]

I agree there should not be such a wage gap. But IMO the way to fix that is NOT to drag down the US to the lowest wage-scale nations, while also keeping those low-wage nations down.Rather we should be pushing to spread the wealth by helping others rise.

Under the current model of "free trade" jobs will continuously follow the bottom. And thus the bottom will continue to be lowered. As soon as Poor Country B begins to rise on the scale, Poor Country C will entice the corporate pigs to their trough with a new source of slave labor. Rather than bring up Country C, this dynamic will bring down Country B too.

As Bernie says, as the largest market, the US has a lot of clout, Unless we assert that both to protect OUR standard of living and bring up OTHERS on a reasonable basis we'll all go down.