[Veracious Poet]

"How does a US company compete when the Union demands 50K, benefits, early retirement, and lifetime health insurance, for this same job?"

How about stop paying CEOs billions of dollars in MONSTER employment agreements and golden parachutes?

I know it's a novel idea to pay the little guy that actually creates the product a measly living wage, but hey you wanted to know how to make US workforces compete with slave/prison labor, right?

[Texasforever]

I know it's a novel idea to pay the little guy that actually creates the product a measly living wage,

They are. You just don't like who they are paying.

[Joshua]

"I know it's a novel idea to pay the little guy that actually creates the product a measly living wage,"

The little guy doesn't "create" the product. He's offered an opportunity to make a product at a wage that wiil produce a profit for the company. When his demands for wages limits the Corporation from making a profit they can either close or find other ways to produce their product at a profit.

Alot of those greedy shareholders that demand this are former employees who want to make sure their 401k stays in the black.

Your class warfare with CEO pay is simplistic and foolish.

While I do agree that some CEO's are paid more than they are worth,it's ridiculous to think that their pay is the reason for sending jobs overseas. I don't agree that anyone in this country has a right to a job with a living wage. Someone w/o even a high school diploma has no right to demand 50k a year to turn a screwdriver in a car assembly plant.