jblomenberg16
Grandmaster
I'll say it again...most people think that fortune 500 companies are moving jobs out of the US only because of labor unions and labor prices. That is simply not true. It is certainly a factor, but what is driving it more than anything is the global market. Many of the countries jobs are going to (India, SE Asia, etc.) have some very archaic import duties that simply make foreign built product non-competitive. The only choice is to manufacture with local labor. Once that is set up, you now have a realtively low cost global manufacturing footprint that you can then use to export back into the USA.