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Anthony Morton (amorton@ee.mu.OZ.AU) wrote:
: In article <4tcg55$lth@sjx-ixn2.ix.netcom.com>,
: Patrick Lee  <plee31@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
: >
: 
: >7. Does McDonalds pay low wages?  Of course. How much do you think 
: >low-skill kitchen work should pay?
: 
: Well, someone has to do the work.  Would you penalise those who are forced
: into such jobs because they made the mistake of choosing the wrong parents?

Would you penalise an employer by making them pay an employee more than 
their skills are worth. Think about the auto-worker example given. Sure, 
it might be lousy to be paid $7.30 ( or whatever the going rate is) per 
hour to make burgers but its a lot better than getting $0 per hour when 
your local burger join closes down becuase it's become unprofitable. Of 
course you _might_ get soem welfare , depending on what country you live 
in , but that's not the same as having a job is it.


 
: >Why do 
: >you think McDonalds is so successful? They provide something that people 
: >want. You may have a problem with the product, but the  fact is people 
: >want to buy it. If they didn't, McDonalds wouldn't exist. 
: 
: I'm sure McDonalds would really prefer not to spend billions of dollars each
: year on advertising to attract customers who'd buy their food anyway.  The
: fact is that far less people would eat at McDonalds were it not for their
: aggressive marketing.  I think it's important that people who are saturated
: with McDonalds advertising in the mainstream media are also treated to an
: opposing point of view - even if it's one I don't entirely agree with myself.
: 
But would they buy their food anyway? You see were they the only 
giant-slick&sleazy-fast-food (tm) company around maybe. But when they are 
faced with competition there really isn't much choice. Sure , Coca-Cola 
would probably like to cut its advertising bill too, but how much market 
share would it loose if it stopped advertsiing and Pepsi continued to, and 
how much of the market in develpoing markets would it miss out on.


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