[TexasGunLover]

You mean our standard of living is too high and we like to breathe clean air here. We all know there isnt a free market, but companies love outsourcing to the heavy hand of commie and corrupt countries which serve their concerns.

The standard of living is artificial. The wage for a job is the wage that someone is willing to perform that job. The market demands that companies do what they can to provide the most service/product for the least cost. If you hamstring them with government, they will go elsewhere to meet the demand.

[Theoria]

All standards of living is artificial. Even now debt is proping up our economy via massive government spending. That illusion of living is why so many companies want to import their products here because we have a higher illusion value than others. Not only that, but our courts and politicians tend to favor companies in many ways.