I've heard the statement "workers making minimum wage" several times. How or why should we compare our minimum wage to the minimal wages of a third world country? There are lots of arguments on whether a minimum wage law is good for us in the U.S., but if Nike wasn't paying someone in Cambodia or Laos 45 cents an hour to make my next pair of running shoes, that person in Cambodia or Laos wouldn't have a job.
Now, whan there has been exploitation occuring to pay that person that wage (i.e. child or other forced labor) I have taken my consumer dollar away from that company. But as far as the wage goes, if its prevailing wage for that region and our multi-national corporations get bigger profits, who am I to judge?