As always; follow the money. Cheap Labor is the driving force...and Union Members don't realize that they are cutting their own throats, except that Contracting is ALWAYS with Union-Labor, at least for now. So long as Taxpayer money can be laundered and handed to favored constituencies; the Machine is safe.
I think the question we should ask is, “who is the driving force behind the race to the bottom in labor costs?”...in other words, who was behind the charge to dismantle the American industrial capability, and transfer it to China (et al)?
If we can come to a consensus on this, I suspect it would be highly instructive. Look at bankers, major New York and London financial houses....David Rockefeller, George Soros, Goldman Sachs, etc....
Pat Buchanan warned us about this....20 years ago. About 6 of us paid any attention to him.