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by machinerat on October 4th, 2008
Beacuse people want their low-low roll-back prices, and aren't willing to pay extra for domestically created things.
by orsonwelles on October 4th, 2008
Unfortunately, it mostly due to the cost of labour.
by Cipher on October 19th, 2008
cost
by Anonymous on October 5th, 2008
I'm not a qualified expert, but my guess is it has something to do with these things: Affordable health, dental, vision care, unions, workers compensation, disability, cost of living, retirement plans, leave of absence, maternity leave and taxes. Low cost contract employees and cost effective outsourcing.
by JanZizka on October 5th, 2008
A number of factors make it difficult. For one our tariffs are low and we seem all too happy to enter into these silly 'free trade' agreements that are all too one sided for my tastes. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for trade, but something stinks when the agreement has to be over 10,000 pages long (NAFTA). Another is labor costs but that could be offset by not destroying our tariffs and not entering into foolish trade agreements (as stated above). Last but not least is the tax structure. Even if the wages were comparable our tax structure would still cripple us. It hits everyone from the guy on the factory floor to the company itself. In the case of the guy on the floor his taxes are actually effectively double what he sees on his paycheck, what he pays for Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, etc. is only HALF the actual amount, the employer pays the other half. That is money that could be going in that worker's pocket or being productively used elsewhere in the business. As for the company itself, our corporate taxes are either the highest or second highest (sorry, can't recall which offhand) in the developed world. Why would anyone in their right mind open a company here if they're going to get taxed more? Granted, there are tax breaks but that just creates work for accountants and lawyers and that in turn costs the business an amount comparable to what it would pay in taxes anyways.
by Wulfweard on October 4th, 2008
Cost of labour
by Phil in the Blank...backandtotheleft on October 4th, 2008
The American government!
by Nasiswand on October 4th, 2008
It's not hard, it's just that we have minimum wage laws whereas China does not. It's sad that they can pay them so little over there that they can still sell their products cheaper after paying for shipping from country to country and tariff's.
by Im Alec has abandoned this account on October 4th, 2008
Is it hard? America seems to create a fantastic variety of stuff. The things that America imports seem to be things produced in large quantity - cheap labour has advantages on the large scale. But actually, the infrastructure of small businesses doing all sorts of different things is richer than the US than anywhere else.
by JuJubee is wearing a COAT of chocolate on October 4th, 2008
I think it's because the labor is so much cheaper in these other countries.
by science_geek on October 4th, 2008
Governmental Regulations designed to protect consumers.
by James T. Kirk on October 19th, 2008
The reason that it is so hard to create things in the USA is that the USA has manufacturing rules and regulations for what materials are used for manufacturing.(eg. lead.) That is why most things are made in China; They don't have rules on what materials are used for manufacturing. It's also cheaper.
by Chris on October 4th, 2008
We shipped out tools overseas...
Seriously, the cost of labor is much cheaper overseas, as well as the tax benefits of an overseas operation.
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