[lelio]

why is anyone still doing business in America

I believe that part of it is

• that their business won't get nationalized ala Venezula
• Intellectual Property is respected here and they can use the US / WTO to go after pirates more easily
• Private property rights are more enforced -- witness what happens in Russia if you're on Putin's bad side
• The government provides a lot of police protection that you would have to pay for yourself if living in Mexico
• People are used to living here and like it

[Mr. Bird]

Great points! So what's pushing them away? We know low wages is a huge factor. But we don't want to merely lower our own wages; that's not an attractive solution. We (and really, this is an individual endeavor when you think about it) have to make ourselves indispensible. Not like the guy who keeps everyone in the dark about what he does, believing this ensures job security. Like the guy that discovers a way to make the company more money. Or the guy that does his job better than any other man or machine could ever possibly do it.

How do we plan for such an endeavor?