I would have been mad at this in the past, but one study shows that Americans will choose lower prices over “Made in USA”. The businesses have no choice but to outsource to compete.
The company where my sister works is staying in the US, for now. But, what they are doing is changing their hourly employees to salary. That way, there is no overtime. They have to work a minimum of the 40 hours and will not get paid if they have to work more in order to complete their jobs. Still have to use PTO for time off. Everything stays the same except they cannot get paid if they work more than 40 hours. This is how they are staying put. Obviously, they are not union. They just keep adding on to their responsibilities and say “get it done”. No new hires.
This is how they are placating the company shareholders, keeping costs down without moving overseas....yet.
BS. They make more in a year than most of their employees make in a lifetime and say they are doing it for the good of the company. They then move it off shore and still raise prices.
The reality is that businesses kept prices of made in USA products higher by a margin greater than products made overseas. They did it to make more profit. When sales dropped below a certain level they quit making the product in the US at all and blamed it on competition.
I am still waiting for Ford, Carrier and Nabisco to announce price cuts for their products made in Mexico. Still waiting....
PS: Try to find a marking where something is made. It is almost impossible. An example is the Red Rider BB gun. Made ins China but that box it comes in does not say that.