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"Disgruntled Customer" <nowhere@nowhow.com> wrote in message 
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>> > Theoretically it does. If all employers are forced to pay higher wages,
>> > then faced with the same additional costs, they can be expected to 
>> > raise
>> > prices,
>>
>> Actually, it's more likely they'll layoff workers or send more jobs
>> overseas. If the CEO is unwilling to do that, consumers will happily take
>
> How do you out-source mopping floors and scrubbing toilets?
>
Outsource /= overseas. Bringing in an outside vendor to do floors and 
toilets was one of the first things commonly given to outside workers. My 
employer, the Fed Gov, likes to give that work to the local or area company 
that hires 'challenged' workers. (Hey, they gotta work somewhere, right?) 
They do okay most of the time, and there is a floating supervisor who is on 
a dead run all day behind them doing QC.  No idea if it is actually cheaper, 
but it certainly isn't as fast or timely as it used to be. They also hired 
an outside company to do the outside groundskeeping at my location- that 
couldn't be 'set aside' work like the inside cleaning, since it involves use 
of power machinery. A few of the legacy employees got hired in place, but 
most of the older ones found some way to retire. Again, no idea if the 
actual overall costs are lower, but I do know the guys doing the work make a 
lot less than they used to.

Rule of thumb- if what you do is in the Yellow Pages, your job is a likely 
candidate to be subcontracted out. This applies to private companies and 
government jobs. At my place, a lot of the people sitting at desks are also 
contractors, and I'm pretty sure that does NOT save any money. But it does 
allow the people in charge to say 'See- we downsized the government!' BS- 
they just subcontracted it. (Congress could bring a lot of honesty to the 
process if they would just mandate that employee count= butts in seats, no 
matter who they technically are employed by.)

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