On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:59:34 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:04:14 +0700, john B.
wrote:

On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:08:58 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:56:52 +0000 (UTC), (Edward A.
Falk) wrote:

In article ,
Steve B wrote:
Tax the rich. Tax the corporations. Take their wealth. Give it to the
little people. Make life fair.

Are these people so foolish to think these people and companies will not
relocate and I mean RIGHT NOW to third world countries to keep their wealth?

Taxes on the rich used to be much, much higher than they are now and
there was no mass relocation to 3rd world countries back then.

So where all the TV set makers here in the US? The Audio manufactures?
The machinery makers such as lathes and mills? Heavy equipment?
Automobiles? Die stamped puzzles? Toys? etc etc etc etc

Why is 50% of American manufacturing...gone to other lands?

Hummm?

Gunner

I doubt that it is taxes, per se, but rather the entire cost of doing
business. Tax, labour and material costs, plant and equipment, and so
on.

Cheers,

John B.

And what makes up those costs? Think hard before answering.....

Gunner


Sure.

Cost of permanent plant - real estate - is normally cheaper then in
the U.S. and labour costs are significantly lower. Comparing the much
touted $60.00 an hour (in costs) for the U.S. car industry to
something like $16.00 a day (for an average Thai Government worker)
and adding local government mandated retirement and medical costs U.S.
labour costs may be 30 times higher then foreign wages.

Internal transportation costs are significantly lower and normally raw
materials are cheaper. Insurance costs are lower, being based on lower
priced plant and personal costs.

In most foreign countries the government mandates salary levels and
labour unions are either controlled or nonexistent. Costly strikes are
extremely rare or nonexistent.

Government interference in operations are rare - I remember the story
told in this group about the safety inspector who made the guy repaint
the yellow "walk lines" because they were "the wrong shade of yellow".
Cheers,

John B.