Nice. "protect a few jobs" - like yours, maybe? Companies have the duty to stay competitive but they also have the duty to be loyal to their own country. Good management supports a productive and efficient workforce - so if some workers aren't getting the job done well, there are processes in place to either improve that performance or get that individual out and replace him/her with someone willing to do the job well.
Tossing out 1,400 American workers in favor of Mexican workers is akin to treason. Not only are your own people thrown out on the street in many cases to live on taxpayer money, we lose the skills and industrial base we will need in national emergencies.
What's your plan - to beg Mexico to ramp up production to help us out if we have to face another war?(I know, heating and air conditioning units aren't war-critical but the production facilities and workforce can be adapted during a war emergency to produce other things - like Rock-Ola and IBM made M-1 Carbines during that last big one.
Meanwhile, our government is in effect importing millions of Mexicans to do the installation work on the cheap. How long before all of our blue collar folks are completely unemployed?
The Bottom Line doesn't Trump patriotism.
Well, no, actually. I'm retired.
But, I fear that you have entirely missed my point. The comment was directed at the protectionist from VA who loves to stick everyone else (like you and I) with the costs of protecting a few jobs. Maybe you should ask him about that.
Companies have the duty to stay competitive but they also have the duty to be loyal to their own country.
Well, no, actually they don't. You had it right with the first 6 words of your sentence. Anything beyond that is leftist rubbish.
Tossing out 1,400 American workers in favor of Mexican workers is akin to treason
Well, no, actually, it isn't. In any sense at all. It's called doing what is necessary to help to ensure that your business stays in business.
The Bottom Line doesn't Trump patriotism
You are obviously a Trump fan. Here's the deal. If it was Trump's outfit doing the layoff, he would defend it to the death, as he should. And you would probably defend him. And I would defend both of you.
The bottom line? The bottom line trumps Trump.