[Tokra]

Bogus argument. The wages are only a part of the cost and making pair of jeans takes less time than five hours.

It is not a bogus argument. You are forgetting the "hidden " labor costs in the US. If Levi pays a worker $20 an hour, it will actually cost Levi $35 an hour. Then there are all the other "hidden" costs - unemployment insurance, taxes, regulations, etc.

It's no different than the auto industry. A US auto worker costs $64 an hour, a Chinese auto worker costs $6 an hour. If you are in the business of building cars to make a profit - just where do you think your factory will be built?

It isn't rocket science.

[Wolfie]

So our gov't screws up our economy with over-regulation and taxes, and then turns around and helps those companies burdened by same move over seas. And the American worker? Heck, there's always the military.

[A. Pole]

You are forgetting the "hidden " labor costs in the US. If Levi pays a worker $20 an hour, it will actually cost Levi $35 an hour

Yeah? And how many pairs of jeans are made per hour?

[lucysmom]

You are forgetting the "hidden " labor costs in the US. If Levi pays a worker $20 an hour, it will actually cost Levi $35 an hour. Then there are all the other "hidden" costs - unemployment insurance, taxes, regulations, etc.

Sounds like Mexico would be more to your liking.