replacing the mass exodus of quality jobs that went offshore will be next to impossible as long as the government see fit to reward the companies with tax breaks ..
you want jobs back?
tax the living shit out of american companies that outsource, and reward the companies that do business here in the states with extremely low tax rates ... make it less affordable to do business there than it is here.
job creation 101
Originally Posted by CJ7
CJ, I agree with your basic premis. The big problem is finding that many companies that actually manufacture much of anything here anymore.
Many companies say that they are "American made", but further investigation shows that they might be assembled here, but the major components are manufactured over seas, or south of the border.
Try buying a piece of steel that is manufactured here. We buy hundreds of thousands of pounds of steel a year, and the vast majority is manufactured in what used to be Eastern Block Countries. They are not hampered by many of the regulations that make steel manufacturing almost impossible in the USA.
Major Machinery Manufacturers are in the same boat. None of the large cast iron and meonite main frames are cast hear, most are produced in Countrys like India. Then the castings are sent to factories in Tiawan, South Korea, or China to be machined, and then they are shipped here to be assembled.
The same can be said for the Automobile Industry. If you are familliar with NASCAR Racing, you know they have 4 manufacturers that participate. Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge, and Toyota. They did a survey at the beginning of this season, and the brand that was most American of all four was..... you guessed it, Toyota.