http://www.opednews.com/articles/Job-Creation-Machinations-by-michael-payne-110901-43.html:big snip:
Let me present a theory relating to what leaders of this government and the business sector may be planning. Call it a theory, supposition, conjecture or whatever, but I strongly believe that something along these lines is going to happen. What if these holders of power and influence have come to the conclusion that America simply is incapable of competing in the current system of globalization given the slave labor wages in China and other overseas nations? And at the same time they know that unless they do something to restore the purchasing power of millions of unemployed Americans there is no way that this consumer-driven economy can ever be reenergized.
So what will they do to try to restore the economy and maintain corporate profits under these negative conditions? What if the master plan involves something like this? Slowly but surely, over a period of time, let's say that they intend to completely transform the entire U.S. manufacturing sector into one in which the American worker, who desperately needs a job to survive, is willing to work for a standard national wage, one that would be the same for all workers, much like the federal minimum wage is now.
Sound crazy? Well consider this. If Corporate America, with the aid and support of elements of our government is able to successfully pull this off, it will have transformed the American workforce into their best alternative to overseas labor; they know that America can never match the low foreign labor rates but what they do know is this: they can do the next best thing and employ this nation's workers at wages far, far lower than those they previously earned. And this just might be their formula to restart the economy and maintain their profitability.
One other significant indicator that such a plan for a standard national wage may be in process is clearly evidenced by the Republican governors in Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and other states that are using their controlled legislatures to destroy the bargaining rights of unions that include teachers, police and firefighters. This is an ominous precursor of what may be planned for the future when these union workers have no bargaining power and are at the mercy of greedy corporations. They would be prime targets for inclusion in a nation wage system.
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