Why did this happen?
Anything else anybody can think of?
Business desire to make more money
They were making muse right here. Before 1980 almost everything was made in the USA.
Unions
Unions are dead. Less than 7% of the private sector workforce is in a union. Yesterday's boogey man
Government taxes/regulations
Taxes and regulations have been significantly lowered.
Energy is now almost dirt cheap in the USA.
I don't know who I hate worse the Free Traitors that created the problem or the socialists that capitalized on it. Hard choice.
Environmentalism...Let’s drill overseas but not in Kalifornia...