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Originally Posted by AngelsSix
The outsourcing of jobs to other countries has made owners in manufacturing rich today.
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And not outsourcing would have put them out of business.
Pete mentioned environmentalists and taxes. Add labor costs that are excessive and completely non-competitive, regulations that are often idiocy for a given business (but which it must comply with), plus regulations that are put into effect and then "pre-dated" requiring companies to pay fines, etc. for non-compliance before the regulations existed (yes, this has happened in the United States. Cost the paper industry millions of dollars).
The fact is that for many businesses, it is either manufacture overseas or go out of business. There are no other choices.
I watched one of my Uncles try to keep his textile firm in the USA. It failed, and took his home, his livlihood (and those of hundreds of employees), his retirement, etc. with it. IF he'd taken the recommendation to move their manufacturing to Venezuala in the early 70s, he'd likely be a wealthy man. And be employing hundreds of US citizens as well as hundreds in Venezuala.
The less the government has to do with business, the better. They just fuck it up.