Rush made a generalization. You don’t like it. You are welcome to your opinion but not the assumption that you are any more of a cost analysts than Rush.
I included my 45 year history in construction cost estimating and explained that “Labor” in general is a very non-specific term. R & D costs and engineering costs are mostly labor and the indirect overhead, like healthcare, that follows each hour of labor, but they aren’t generally viewed as manufacturing labor.
I am not going to automatically agree or disagree with you or Rush, I am pointing out that it is a generalization and not something of fine detail except in a very specific instance.
Rush is a saint to a lot of people and his libertarian views have harmed the USA IMO. I still like him but as an entertainer not an informer.
A good point. I recently spent three months in Australia.
Most things there are about twice as expensive as in the U.S.A.
But it is hard to separate out labor costs (very high) at the low end, energy costs (very high by government policy and taxes), and taxes (made everything higher).
It is interesting to note that Marx considered all value to come from labor.