In class: sweatshops, they could be a dream job

Today i decided to brign in an article about sweatshops. When Ms. Irvin told us to find an arguemnt, i went to the nytimes and looked under the "opinion" tab, because if gured there would eb an argument there. This was really jsut the first one that came up, but it was actually pretty intersting. The article explains that most of the time people view sweatshops as inhumane and a thing that needs to be eliminated. The obama administration has actually taken a stance on trying to do away with the "terrible exploitation of people in sweatshops aroudn the world"; however, the author of this argument says that sweatshops really arent that bad. He interviewd people whose dream is to actually be able to work in sweatshops. If you take away the sweathsops, you are taking away many of these people only source of income. He interviewd a 19 year old woman that said, "I’d love to get a job in a factory. At least that work is in the shade. Here is where it’s hot." This woman currently picks up plastic for the garbages and off the sides fo the streets for her source of income. He mentions other accounts on how a ten year old boy watch people get hit by the garbage trucks while they tried to pick up garbage to sell. The aurthor also argues that sweatshops are not the source of the problem and that if you eliminate them, then you are eliminating a solid source of income. True, the conditions could be better, but at the present time, he bleives that you shouldnt take away soemthing that many in the country only dream of having.