Wow, Australia's minimum wage is $16.88/hour!

[SharpBoxing]

What goes around comes around. Japan in the day was the China today. Japan now has high wages.
China's labor force is already demanding higher wages. With the high cost of fuel to ship overseas,
companies who moved to China are moving back. Not too many countries to exploit anymore, soon
the worlds wages will equal out.

They wont move back. They will just stay in China and sell their products there instead of shipping it over here.

The reason why companies go to China is not just bacause of the low wages over there but mostly because of the high taxes and regulations over here. They wont come back any time soon unless government cuts taxes and regulations

[pavyracer]

You don't flip burgers at McDonald's. They are already pre-cooked 6 months ago frozen and they are microwaved. That's why they taste like a shoe sole.

Five Guys, In N Out etc they actually flip burgers. If you can operate a microwave you can work at McDonald's.

[The iron sheik]

Sheik, the guy you are arguing with is going to school for........economics. Mom and dad pay for him to go.
He disagrees with what he's being taught. A complete waist of money, time and resources IMO.

I think you're right. It's completely hopeless.