No. I don't think they're the same at all. But when I hear people railing against outsourcing, I do wonder why they're not railing against the taxes and the regulations that cause it.
How do you outlaw outsourcing without telling people what they can do with their own money? Do you really want the federal government to institute capital controls on American business? That puts us in a league with Venezuela.
And, in most cases, it's that same federal government that has created the conditions that cause companies to outsource in the first place. I think we should focus on the cause of the problem and not the symptom.
Trust me. I want to see more manufacturing in America. But it has to happen because it's more profitable to do business here -- not because we used the tax code to punish outsourcers and subsidised those who don't with tax breaks.
P.S. There will always be some outsourcing. There is a finite amount of capital to fund business and it will sometimes be more profitable to produce something overseas than here. We can put 100% tariffs on Chinese underwear and the textile industry will never return to the U.S. -- sort of like the cheap tire example.
There are just too many other manufacturing opportunities that will provide a better return on capital.
I can't. Your kind would completely destroy manufacturing because of your radical ideas and leave the good 'ole USA defenseless, unable to fight a war of attrition against a real enemy just to prove a point.