Why American work force will never match Chinese

[uebermann]

4 yr old boy running a loader at a concrete factory:

http://showyou.com/anteje/y:xYMhevY_xWs ... n=timeline

[John Galt]

that kid is intense

[jimmyz]

I know several American 4 year olds that could work that loader. But the American parents wouldn't put their kid in that position. Note the no seat belt, hard-hat, etc. One good over steer with that suicide knob and the boy tumbles sideways out of the open door landing in front of the back wheels. Squish. That was one hell of a skilled dead Chinese boy. lol

[WizardfromOz]

[exploited]

I was driving boat when I was 8 (tobacco harvest terminology) and mowing the lawn with a farm tractor by 6. It was fun as hell at the time. Now its just another damned chore.

[NAB]

A reason to not want to match the Chinese.

They've got over a billion people there, life is a bit cheap and they've got plenty to spare.

[Precocity]

Just goes to show you what can happen when unions go on strike.

[Spider]

The Chinese coal miners are the real disposable humans. I believe the figure is around one fatality every four hours.

[spacemonkey]

Why not? We won't work for 50 cents a day. Well, they still do in prison. And like nab said, they have plenty of extras if they break one.

[WizardfromOz]