[Wurlitzer]

"Corporations are not going to be willing to squander their goodwill in order to go to the lowest cost manufacturer. Mattel cannot afford to have their name become synonymous with dangerous products. It will not matter if they save a dollar on production if they can’t sell the product."

True!

In addition, when the Federal government forces a US manufacturer to pay a minimum wage our tariffs need to factor that pay scale into similar products produced by 3rd world types. When the Federal government imposes EPA and OSHA restrictions on manufactures a compliance cost must be calculated and incorporated in a tariff if a similar item is imported by a 3rd world type country.

If we allow our government to place a burden on USA manufacturers and let importers dump non regulated products on our shores how the hell can we compete?

[badbass]

In addition, when the Federal government forces a US manufacturer to pay a minimum wage our tariffs need to factor that pay scale into similar products produced by 3rd world types. When the Federal government imposes EPA and OSHA restrictions on manufactures a compliance cost must be calculated and incorporated in a tariff if a similar item is imported by a 3rd world type country.

If we allow our government to place a burden on USA manufacturers and let importers dump non regulated products on our shores how the hell can we compete?

Wow, VERY good points!