“Only 10% of manufacturing workers are unionized and the trend is downward. “
But not in the automaking industry, which is what we’re talking about here! And sure, you can tax Ford on it’s off-shore production, but all that does is make them more un-competitive here and make Americans buy more foreign-made cars! If Ford thought it could successfully compete here in the US, do you really think they’d be moving to Mexico? Just the environmental costs here are astronomical, and they are unending, because the EPA doesn’t give a $hit whether or not Ford survives here. Also, you might tell us all how Ford will survive paying their retired UAW workers the “benefits” they have “earned” here? Actually, Ford and the others are simply reaping the “benefits” of their prior managment’s give-a-ways to their union workers over the past 50 years, just like our government has done to it’s workforce.
Answer Yes they would! Are you saying Ford is going to lower their price due to a lowered production cost? Ford is making profits now on each vehicle. The question is how much more they can make thru labor arbitrage over an international border to make ADDITIONAL profit. These are political as well as economic issues.