9.12.2008

Their Last Supper

On September 6th I attended the Last Supper which was a going away party for 574 men and women in Silicon Valley whose last day of work will be Thursday. Their jobs are going to Asia. American wages are too high to justify their continued employment. Their starting wage was $8.50 an hour for production workers. A friend of mine who is an illegal alien from Mexico was making $10.00 after only 17 years on the job. Imagine the greed of a people who demand such high wages that they force their employers to relocate to Asia. Silicon Valley is a cheap place to live. You can rent a studio apartment for as little as $950 a month so there is no reason for workers to be so demanding.

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