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Posted by Angrie, dammit on March 25, 2006, 12:12 pm
Seeker wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 11:06:45 -0500, Karen Maslowski
>
>> What I want to know is this: WHY is this okay to be happening? Why are
>> we allowing so much of our industry to silently slip offshore? I fear
>> for this country, really I do.
>>
>> Karen Maslowski in Ohio
>> www.sewstorm.com
>>
>> Seeker wrote:
>>> Saw a video stream/report on the news of a huge building, the Bio
>>> Textile Research Center in North Carolina, being imploded and leveled
>>> to make way for other development. Another downer for American sewing.
>>> sniff sniff
>>>
>>> Sharon
>
> It's economical / political. No tariffs make a more competitive
> environment that won't cover union wages, so industry has to move to
> Asia or some third world country to price their product
> competitively. Walmart buys Chinese/Asian, and in spite of what we
> say about how bad it is, Americans shop at Walmart.
That's all well and good, but IMHO the government has a duty to create
an environment that allows American business the chance to compete in
the global economy. Restricting trade is a key factor in doing that.
Union wages are hardly a factor any more. The Japanese pretty much
settled that for us when they dumped steel on us for so long that TPTB
let our steel industry collapse. After that, the automobile industry
began it's decline.
The bigger issues are things like laws that prevent our children from
working, laws that say our employers have to provide restrooms, laws
that say industry must take certain measures to protect our workers, as
well as the environment....all those pesky regulations that business
would just as soon avoid.
Free trade doesn't work because we can't compete against countries that
allow production lines to pay people less than $5.00 a week. The
government isn't supposed to base it's trade policy on what's best for
Wal-Mart, or even what's best for India.
I agree - this country is in BIG trouble. Has anybody else noticed that
while we're supposed to be entering a service economy era, that service
is absolutely awful?
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