[DannyTN]

"The bad news is that cost to employers to comply with government standards has killed employment."

But it's not just the cost imposed by the government. You could take all of the government imposed cost out of the government and you would still not be anywere close to competitive with some of these third world countries.

In Iraq they are willing to work for $20 a month. How can you compete against that? In China I think it's $1-$2 a day. In Egypt a Doctor on the internet told me she makes $20 a week.

Yet we have the largest market. Allowing the outsourcing of any but the lowest skilled jobs to these countries is insane. Training these countries to compete against us in the latest technologies is insane. We need to be very selective in what we are going to teach other countries. Especially countries like China where the government will simply soak up all the GDP and direct it towards the military aimed at us.

[Poohbah]

But it's not just the cost imposed by the government. You could take all of the government imposed cost out of the government and you would still not be anywere close to competitive with some of these third world countries.

Are you saying that most of the American work force is only as productive as largely uneducated peasants in third world countries?

[Toddsterpatriot]

In Iraq they are willing to work for $20 a month. How can you compete against that? In China I think it's $1-$2 a day.

You compete with productivity.