[central_va]

Answer this and we can continue: Would it make sense to totally off shore to China and else where all of our means of production? If not why? Surely the most efficient way to manufacture is to let third worlders do it. Nobody, I mean nobody, in the USA can compete with 2 bucks a day.

[1rudeboy]

No, let's stick to your fundamental misunderstanding of Marx and Marxism, first. Karl Marx believed that capitalism would lead to the inevitable triumph of the proletariat over the bourgeoisie. According to you, does that make Marx a champion of capitalism?

And to answer your question: no, it does not make sense to oppose the construction of a retail location in order to prevent off-shoring.

[Ratman83]

It is not the cost of our labor (at least not only this) that determines the jobs go out of country. It is the overall cost to do business. Over taxation and regulation is what really makes the products cheaper to create in other countries.