And why were they doing (some of) the things you allege? Is it not because the labor you mentioned has failed to stay competitive?
It's because those workers aren't willing to accept the total absence of benefits and Third-World wages just to have a CHANCE at being competitive.
“Is it not because the labor you mentioned has failed to stay competitive?”
If by competitive you mean willing to work for a bowl of noodles each day, you are correct. Americans were not competitive because of things like minimum wage laws, workers compensation, payroll taxes, 40 hour workweeks, etc.. There is no field or industry that has either needed to import labor or outsource work because of uncompetitive Americans in terms of skill; it was all about those items above. Even Asian H1B workers are abused in this country, and have to take it for the duration of their sponsorship; after they’re legal, they don’t have to work ten hours a day seven days a week (as they seek better jobs), and their former sponsor/employer simply looks for another Asian (over there) to take his place...
The US workforce is the most highly trained in the world. I know people with certifications stacked upon certifications and qualifications out the yazoo who were laid off.
Lol, failed to stay competitive??? Competitive with whom, people in China and other cheap labor nations who work for scarcely 5% of US wages.
Do you think you're competitive? Tell us what you do and let's find out what you should make based on "competitive" worldwide compensation? Makes no difference what you do. You aren't competitive. No American is "competitive" with the cheapest labor in the world's poorest nations>
Get off your little self-constructed pedestal and tell us what you do so we can determine what you should be earning.