The use of Sweatshop Labour.

"It's true about what you said kids under the age of 10 are forced to work but there's also adults who are forced as well. But the young workers who are always forced will have no time for education or schooling-is this equitable? " Ok, I never said that children were forced to work in any of the factories. You said that, I challenged you to back it up, and you didn't. As far as I know, all sweatshop jobs are voluntary, and the only way children would be forced into these jobs is by their parents. If you believe this is wrong then you should be attacking child labor in third world countries, not the Idea of sweatshops. "Also sweatshop labour creates an imbalance in the global markets-a company that does not use sweatshops cannot possibly sell their products at prices as low as a company that uses sweatshop labour. " A drop in production prices doesn't cause an imbalance, it actually leads to greater stability. It leads to lower prices for consumers and therefore helps combat inflation while at the same time improving the quality of life of millions of low income families. While a store like Wal-Mart might not treat it's factory workers as well as other factories do, it's low prices keep millions of poverty-stricken Americans from having to choose between buying clothes, food or medicine each month. "Like pretend a kid makes a jacket through all those days and nights and then the shipping and the packing, imagine that like seriously. " This argument isn't about pretending. It's about proof. Proof of conditions like this: . http://rolfgross.dreamhosters.com... and this: . http://events.colostate.edu... The alternative for these children is not education. They couldn't ever afford it! Without jobs they end up either begging on the streets without shelter or protection or end up getting kidnapped and made into child soldiers. Things are bad for child sweatshop workers, but at least they have a steady source of income. "Not only that but we say like oh we have no more space left for our factories or industries so then we put it on other people's land and then pollut their land and the environment. " Wait, so you're saying that building a factory in one of these underdeveloped communities HURTs them? ?! ARE YOU FREAKING INSANE? EVERY country wants more foreign investment. Its the stuff that makes economies grow, adds value to currency and improves wages and quality of life for all citizens. Do you remember at all how upset Americans were when the companies decided to outsource the textile mills? They were horrible, polluting factories with low-income jobs that had deplorable conditions, and yet the towns were furious to lose them, because as horrible as they were they were all those towns had. But I digress. I am in favor of sweatshop labor because of how it helps the communities the sweatshops are located in by creating hundreds of jobs. "So think about all the sacrafices the kids make, instead of going to a store and saying OMG look at this jacket it's so pretty i wanna buy and everything think about all the things and punishment they have to take while we're here just sitting and buying new things as it comes out! " No, you think about the sacrifices they make, and think of what happens when you don't buy the damn jacket. The company loses money, pays the workers less and less until it is forced to shut down entirely, kicking millions of workers out on the streets. Millions more low-income families in America and other developed countries, unable to cope with the sudden rise in the cost of food and goods, end up evicted and sent out on the streets as well. If I were you, and I really cared about these people, I'd buy as many of the damn jackets as I could.