Feh! It is greed.
I have a neighbor that provides scaffolding for nuclear power plants. He has decided to go to China for his parts. It saves him about 20% percent on material costs. He went there and paid off the locals. He was wined and dined and provided prostitutes.
Since he has done this the company that used to provide the parts here in the U.S. has lost his business.
A company in China is paying for some real cheap labor. The kicker is that he got about 85% of all the contracts. He had no real competition.
Now you have about ten or so boats in China being raised but only one here. Let's not forget the great tips he gives the prostitutes, either.
Why don't you report him for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?
What do boats run on? Diesel fuel? Must take a lot of petroleum to run all those boats from so far away.
It took $12.50 to top off my tank of my small Honda the other day; it wasn't down to half yet. I'll suck it up, but it is going to start hurting and hurting bad. People who never before had problems are starting to feel the pinch heating their homes this winter.
Late to the thread, I should've known someone like you would've caught that. Blackbird.