Top 16 Excuses Given by Nike to Justify Third World Exploitation

 

16.  It’s not slave labor. It’s…Tai Chi class!

 

15.    You think we’re ripping THEM off? YOU paid $200 for that molded rubber you’re wearing.

 

14.    14 cents an hour buys twice as much in Southeast Asia that it does in the U.S.

 

13.    We’d pay them more if they had a decent fadeaway jumper.

 

12.   Relax! We only require 20 hours a week from the terminally ill or malnourished.

 

11.  A nation of 5-year-olds who not only can tie a shoe, but MAKE a shoe? That’s not

       exploitation, that’s progress!

 

10.   If we paid our workers better wages, Michael couldn’t support his golf gambling  

       habit.

 

9.      Hey, do you know how many bathroom breaks a 9-year-old takes? We’re the ones being exploited!

 

8.      We’re too busy counting our money to notice.

 

7.      CEO Phil Knight still owes Bill Gates a few billion from last year’s poker game.

 

6.      The interior décor of the company jet was embarrassingly passe.

 

5.      Hey, Reebok gets their shoe leather from baby seals!

 

4.      Complaints about LOW PAY? We thought it was Lo Pei, the supervisor!

 

3.      The average hourly wages for young workers much higher if you include Tiger 

      Woods.   

 

2.      Our CEO keeps downsizing his conscience.

 

And the Number One Excuse Given by Nike to Justify Third World Exploitation…

 

1.      Just Screw ‘Em!