Consumer Worksheet

While investigating the manufacters of my apparrel I found out that the majority of my clothing came from China. That was not a big surprise but what was a surprise was that the average garment worker in China makes between $1.50-$2.00/day. I thought this was very low, even for China. It seems like all we hear these days is how much China is evolving into a more first world country with millions moving into the middle class and the standard of living increasing exponetially. I guess this is not the case for everyone. I am wondering how can these people even survive on these wages. Being an American, I take everything I have for granted. My job, "our mandatory minimum wages", labor laws, everything....and that is really the saddest part of it all.