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I agree with Nicholas D. Kristof, people shouldn’t be against sweatshops. For poor communities,sweatshops are something to appreciate. I would much rather work at a sweatshop than to risk my life out in the streets picking up garbage. In addition, it’s heartbreaking to know there are young children who have gotten run over by garbage trucks. Sweatshops don’t have the best wages and conditions but it is better than the people working at these dumps. It is true, that labor standards can improve wages and working conditions, without greatly affecting the eventual retail costs of goods. Kristof then argues back that this affects production costs that companies try to pare, and it results to factories closing down. People shouldn’t campaign against
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