Sports figures and hollywood actors get paid what they do because the public sees value in paying a specific price to watch that tallent.
Teachers in Canada and most of the rest of the world make sig more than that in the US. This is not to say that union workers make too much, it's that teachers in the US deserve sig. more, along with police, fire, etc.
I spent a summer during highschool working at Ford on the line. Ford's moto: an honest days work for an honest days pay. I still use that one today. If you have never worked on an assembly line in an automotive factory, I can tell you, it's not a picnic. You don't even get to go to the washroom when you want too.
You also need to remember it was the Canadian and US government that allowed japanesse car companies to not only sell their products here but build them here. With out allowing the same to be done in japan.
It may be free trade, but it sure aint fair trade.
paul
