One Indian daughter working for minimum wage in Canada earns more than the entire family back home in Calcutta.
Average minimum wage annual income in Canada, is about $24,000 US per year.
In India it's about $2000 in 2021. ($200 to $300 per month for unskilled labor depending on location.) A Chinese doctor's salary was about $500 a month back in 1990.
You tip a Tim Horton's girl $1, the entire store wants to sleep with you. They will at least always give you fresh coffee.
So long as the government allows tariff free trade, and cross border labor access, our standard of living will continue to fall. The powerful people here want what the powerful people there already have. An endless supply of dirt cheap, ignorant labor.
That's why they open the Mexican border.
You know why Putin is popular in Russia? When he came into power the average Russian earned $2000 USD per year. Today that is more than $20,000 USD per year. Guess who hates that.
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