Made in America

[MessickFarmEqu]

I think the answer is simple. Enact one law listing what rules, regulations and EPA guideline a business must follow. Require a business to post a bond that will correct all problems he creates and not pass the cost of clean up and recovery on to the tax payers. Let him open the doors and suffer the results when he/she takes short cuts. Make prison terms mandatory and filing bankruptcy not and out option. We have had enough "Love Canals" and "Copper Field" "Super Fund" Tax Payer Clean Ups.

... did I mention the EPA? We're not even that far yet. I don't think what you propse is a bad idea, problem is that we've thrown the baby out with the bath water and any tax money spent cleaning up those problems pales in comparison to the lost revenue and productivity of the over the top measure we now take to prevent those very things.

 

[murphy1244]

This country has high labor costs but we also have the highest standard of living. That probally won't be true soon.

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

This country has high labor costs but we also have the highest standard of living. That probally won't be true soon.

Quick example, in a BX tractor there is like 3-4 hours of man labor accourding to the factory tour video on YouTube. The cost of labor in a product is peanuts compared to the regulatory and tax load of the county your doing business in... obviosuly not this way for every business and every product but I'd guess for most moden manufacturing you'll find thats the case.

 

[Jay4200]

There is much discussion today, everyday really about this topic. I would strongly recommend that everyone read to the New York Sunday Times 1/22/12 issues article "How US Lost Out on iPhone Work" Outstanding article. Depressing, but outstanding reporting.

You can thank unions for that. You can't pay unskilled people exorbitant amounts for lousy work and expect to keep it up forever.

JayC