Originally Posted by Valsdad
[quote=kingston][quote=Jim_Conrad][quote=kingston]

Can we bring jobs like the ones that make these things back to the good ol' US of A? Any takers on a bet that the whole f'n factory, tooling and machinery, packed up and moved to China and left an empty building.

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Honestly, can it be that hard to make a profit stamping out some friggen hooks and eyes from some cheap steel, even given "environmental regulations" ( I like clean air and water, personally), OSHA rules ( I like safe workplaces too), and minimum wages?
. A factory making doodads near that hood, that pays better than MickeyD's might be of some use?





The only problem is that people won't work for what a
manufacturing/assembly not much over minimum wage type job will pay. Then, they don't want to show up to
work on time, they want to f*** with their cell phone all
day, want to gab about the big game all day Monday,
etc. etc. One of my relatives had a great job some years
back and benefits and such. One day they all decided to
strike for more money and the company shut down and
moved overseas .The last time I was out that way the
building was all but invisible from the high weeds
I really can't blame a company for moving overseas
I would