[pissant]

Becasue nothing about lowering tarrifs and improving trade between Canada and Mexico and the US is threatening to the US economy. I always prefer to buy american, but that's just me. I made sure the wash machine I bought the other day was built here, instead of Mexico, but I'm not in favor of requiring companies to not make stuff in Mexico.

If all the people that talk about how awful it is to see manufacturing jobs go overseas or to Mexico did what I do, those companies would think twice about relocating plants. But the bottom line is companies are created to get a profit for those who invest in them, not to offer lifetime work for a group of employees. If people want to get $15 shoes instead of $90 pairs, so be it. It frees up their capital to invest or spend money at the local pub, giving the brewery owners and publicans a handsome profit.

The tighter you squeeze, the more sand that will slip through your fingers.

[hedgetrimmer]

But the bottom line is companies are created to get a profit for those who invest in them

Think about the investment the American people make in American corporations for a moment. That investment includes supporting a government system that grants corporations their charter and PAYS very heavily, through taxes and our sense of civic duty, for a court system that protects them through the rule of law. We also provide military protection for them when they operate outside of our nation and our men and women sometimes give their lives to grant them that privilege.

Now, what do we get back for our investment (which is of nearly incalculable value)?