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To: Willie Green
Union policies and high wages and bennies have also worked to drive US companies abroad, not just government policies.

If a company like the big one I worked for could get their products made in MEXICO for half or less than the US labor costs and remain competitive, they would have been foolish not to opt for the lower labor costs. The stockholders would have rebelled had they failed to remain competitive.

If the world's largest corporation, Wal-Mart, insists on buying products from everywhere but the US, why is that related only to goverment policies? Oh, I know! It has to do with trade policies--NAFTA and MFN Chinese trade policies, right? Not entirely. Wal-Mart can "buy American" if they chose to do it. They had the easy choice between a big American company's and a subsidized Japanese company's products. They chose the Nips. Remember, they later insisted they always try to buy the American line of products "when possible," but nowadays they go for low labor costs every time. Show me if I'm wrong.

46 posted on 10/08/2002 11:07:28 AM PDT by Paulus Invictus
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To: Paulus Invictus
Union policies and high wages and bennies have also worked to drive US companies abroad, not just government policies.

Last night, a mgmt negotiator said that the union receives approx $40k in company provided benefits over and above their >$100k salary, including a zero deductible, zero co-pay health plan and a very generous pension.
55 posted on 10/08/2002 11:12:29 AM PDT by rockinonritalin
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To: Paulus Invictus
Union policies and high wages and bennies have also worked to drive US companies abroad, not just government policies.

Your antiquated and erroneous assumption that the domestic manufacturing organized labor force is at fault is factually refuted in reply #70.

81 posted on 10/08/2002 11:25:33 AM PDT by Willie Green
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