Vic Smith wrote:

That's where Toyota didn't do their homework. There's no law that
says an employer has to provide health-care coverage.


If Toyota didn't offer health care they'd be UAW long ago.
Toyota has stayed close to UAW wages and benefits.
Toyota hasn't failed by going to Canada.
The U.S. has failed.
Looks like U.S. business can't even compete using a non-union work
force.
Because every other industrialized country subsidizes health care for
all workers.
Why should a business build here when it's cheaper to build in a
country where union costs are less than non-union costs here?


I disagree on two counts:

1. There are places in this country were unions are an anathema. Union
organizers face the same problems as a black Catholic priest (i.e., death).

2. In my view, many businesses move offshore because of taxes. The U.S. has
the 2nd highest corporate tax base (some 30+%) of any country on the planet.
The U.S. actually ENCOURAGES corporations to move offshore with these
confiscatory rates.

What the U.S. should do, again in my view, is to eliminate the corporate tax
altogether. The corporation could pass the profits to the stockholders and
the government could tax these individuals. Or, instead of passing the
profits downstream, the corporation could use their profits to expand their
business, providing jobs and other economic gains.