[Gary Boldwater]

Thanks to government regulation, employers in this country are forced to become "more efficient" - that is get more work done with less employees. Health care costs have skyrocketed (mine is up 30% this last year), administrative costs have gone up (essentially all this is is government compliance work), workmen's comp is up (generous benefits), insurance (tort reform anyone?) is up, etc ,etc. The actual cost of labor is down, the cost of having an employee is way up.
It's our own government that's costing us jobs and driving work overseas.

[narby]

Health care costs have skyrocketed (mine is up 30% this last year), administrative costs have gone up (essentially all this is is government compliance work), workmen's comp is up (generous benefits), insurance (tort reform anyone?) is up, etc ,etc. The actual cost of labor is down, the cost of having an employee is way up.

This is where the problem is. Not in "evil" corporations hiring overseas or rumored government incentives. Between the trial lawyers (greedy people seeking millions from deep pockets), union bosses (greedy people getting money from workers), and even greedy citizens that want freebies from the government like perscription medicines, we're killing our own economy.

What was it Pogo said? Something like, "I've met the enemy, and he is us".

[henderson field]

Our own government is costing us jobs and driving work overseas. You said it.

[GoLightly]

You're not even addressing other costs unrelated to having employees, like environmental regs & taxes.