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Fair Labor Association Finds Foxconn Factory "First Class," Says Labor Watchdog
Richard.Tao writes "The Fair Labor Association found that Apple's plant where iPhones and iPads are far better than those at garment factories or other facilities elsewhere in the country. A quote: 'The lead investigator stated "The facilities are first-class; the physical conditions are way, way above average of the norm."' Which leaves the question, what is the acceptable norm?"
Is anyone actually surprised by this? Did anyone actually think they might say the factory is a pile of shit?
Government regulations and laws do the opposite of what free market does. Free market improves everybody's conditions, government deteriorates everybody's conditions.
Free market makes everybody wealthier by providing products, services that people WANT to pay for enough that it creates profit. Free market provides investment opportunities, wages and even taxes.
Government does not provide products and services that people WANT to pay for, it take upon itself to IMPOSE various ideas on what products and services should be forced onto people with the threat of violence. Government is theoretically 'non-profit', but there are plenty of individuals and corporations that make huge profits by using government violence. Government TAKES taxes, government DESTROYS investment opportunities.
Free market pulls the average living standard up but in doing so it allows some people to get WAY above average - thus income inequality will always be there with free market but so will increase of wealth.
Government pulls the average living standard down, it pretends that in doing so it will create 'income equality', while in reality the only equality that is created is equality of poverty and the real change is that the people who still get huge disproportionate income are not those who produce products and services that market wants to buy, but instead those, who are the most connected to the government and can STEAL THE MOST with government threat of violence.
You can't handle the truth.
That is called capitalism. workers are just a resource to be abused like any other. Why do you think it is called Human Resources?
Really in a country where the average person doesn't have health care at all(USA) do you think worker exploitation in a foreign nation is really that shocking? 1 in 6 Americans don't have any insurance. another 2/6 have health insurance coverage so useless it is only good for emergency room visits.
i thought once I was found, but it was only a dream.
No, he's right. Slashdot's moderation system is indeed open to abuse by like-minded people intolerant of particular opinions, if there are enough of them.
Many times I've been attacked, repeatedly, in comments for just mentioning I own a Macbook Pro and accused of bragging about owning one. (In fact, the thing is six years old and has needed replacement since before SCII came out). If I say anything positive about it or my preference for Apple, I get modded down to -1 faster than I can say "William Henry Gates III."
The summary reads like a Fox News attack: Facts arise that don't reflect talking point; react by moving goalposts ("what is the acceptable norm?" implying that even, way, way above norm is not acceptable), and by misrepresentation ("Apple's plant"). Then claim "we're just reporting; you get to decide."
People who use these BS tactics for turning bullshit into news and casting facts into doubt should automatically raise suspicions. It's a clear sign that they have drawn a conclusion and are attempting to tailor the facts to support it.
I can see the fnords!