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To: pnh102
It certainly doesn't help that our own government puts up so many roadblocks to actually making anything the USA that it just simply isn't worth the effort to do so anymore.

The biggest roadblock to manufacturing in the U.S. is a daily wage above $10.

15 posted on 11/19/2010 6:35:22 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur
The biggest roadblock to manufacturing in the U.S. is a daily wage above $10.

Repealing the federal minimum wage would certainly be a good start. Unskilled labor simply isn't worth what the US government it is. But I would go further, US corporate income taxes are among the highest in the world. The US also imposes many other restrictions and regulations on business that makes it too hard for manufacturing to be profitable. Many states also impose forced union membership on people, which further discourage businesses from hiring. Roll some of that back, and the manufacturing sector will come back to life.

17 posted on 11/19/2010 6:39:01 AM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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