[Steve_Seattle]

You still haven't proposed an alternative, which I assume is some form of protectionism. But keep in mind that government can't force a bankrupt company to stay in business. Take Boeing versus Airbus. Not many years ago, Boeing was the undisputed leader in commercial aviation; now they are in big trouble. Now, one element in a business is having good ideas, a product that people want to buy. Another element is cost - what are the trade-offs between cost and quality? So what if - to SURVIVE the competition from Airbus - Boeing needs to outsource a lot of jobs to other countries? What if that is the only way for them to price their airplanes competitively? Would you prevent them from doing that - drive them out of business - just so you could make a moral statement about "the American Way"? A corporation is like a person - it wants to survive, anyway it can. If you were to propose for people what you seem to propose for corporations, no person would ever be allowed to move to another city to find a better job; in fact, no person would ever be allowed to quit a job, because that would presumably harm the employer. Corporations, like employees, are always looking for a better deal, and will take it when they can. Not to do so is economic suicide, and that is what these corporate critics are demanding - corporate suicide.

[A. Pole]

A corporation is like a person - it wants to survive, anyway it can.

Corporation is not a man. The man is behind the curtain.

[raybbr]

A corporation is like a person - it wants to survive, anyway it can.

No it's not. That you would say that speaks volumes.

You still haven't proposed an alternative, which I assume is some form of protectionism.

Yes. I want the government of this country to protect its citizens in every way. I would even go one step further. Were I the government I would be aggressively promote, in any way I could, the demise of foreign companies so that we could remaing the economic leader of the world. What would be so wrong if everyone had to come to the U.S. for their needs? A little bit of economic imperialism wouldn't hurt at all.