Wage rates must be maintained in order to maintain the purchasing power of the consumer.

必须维持工资率以保持消费者的购买力。

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Wage rates depend on levels of productivity.

工资水平取决于生产量的多寡。

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Patrick Belser, an International Labor Organization specialist, says declining wage rates are linked to the levels of unemployment.

国际劳工组织的专家贝尔瑟说，工资水平的下降与失业水平有关。

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Savings calculated strictly on the basis of wage rates obscure the real cost of outsourcing.

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The lack of a safety net encourages everybody to work, and the employed get to keep most of what they earn due to low tax rates -- more than half of wage earners pay no tax at all.

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The high rate of unemployment in the United States is due primarily to structural problems, high marginal tax rates, minimum wage laws, the extension of unemployment benefits, the high cost of employer-provided health benefits, and uncertainty regarding future fiscal rules and regulations.

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