[Thorin]

>>>>>The fact is that there are people in the world who will do your job for less money. Unless you can suggest a reason why someone should pay you more money, businesses are going to gravitate to the lower cost.

Patriotism used to be a sufficient reason to keep jobs in the United States. That it no longer is is a mark of how far we have fallen.

[1rudeboy]

Patriotism used to be a sufficient reason to keep jobs in the United States.

Now it's just an excuse for well-meaning socialists to pick your pocket.

[dennisw]

Patriotism used to be a sufficient reason to keep jobs in the United States. That it no longer is is a mark of how far we have fallen.

Japan Korea and Germany try to do this. We have given up on this completely. Our major corporations are run by liberal Hilary types (check her campaign donations) who have no loyalty to the United States. Kids fight and die in Iraq and Afghanistan for America but our major corporations have no respect for that. Shareholder value is all that counts

Shareholder value was important 30-40-50 years ago but it wasn't the only factor like it is today

[IncPen]

Patriotism used to be a sufficient reason to keep jobs in the United States. That it no longer is is a mark of how far we have fallen.

Patriotism used to be the reason we were supposed to buy the crap that Detroit was peddling.

The world today is full of examples of protected markets crumbling.

Look at the music industry. Look at the news media. Look at Detroit. The list is endless.

And it's all the same story. You can't get away with that anymore, and the sooner you (and the other protectionists) realize it, the better.