Agreed.
not to do anything possible to maximize profits;
So if they can move out of California and into Texas, should that be allowed?
things that are immoral or weaken the USA.
And when Obama, or any other useless politician, does something immoral or something that weakens a corporation, then what?
HOWEVER THEY MUST BE REIGNED IN when they act not in the best interest of the USA.
Is there a limit to the regulation you can impose on them?
(This applies to manufacturing only.)
So it depends, a tariff is on the upper end of the scale of punishment.
Their competitors can either increase their prices or lower their prices to gain market share when a domestic competitor is fined and/or tariffed, as we have already discussed.
I agree that regulations can increase the price of a product, but it is my contention that corporation love those regulations because small start ups can never meet those regulations and it keeps the "riff raff' out.