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Originally Posted by waverunner234
Why don't you blame the creators of the problems?
The corporations that outsourced millions of jobs to India, China, and other low cost countries?
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They aren't creating the problem. They're reacting to an increasingly unfriendly business environment in the US. They are reacting to over-regulation, over-taxation and unrealistic unions.
Government is the problem.
You forget the most important thing. People don't start businesses to create jobs or improve an economy. People create businesses to MAKE MONEY! They are under no obligation to stay in the US for social reasons. If the US government places too big a burden on them, they will move. They have the right to, because the jobs belong to the company, and they can move them where they want.
There are ways to get the jobs back, but that would mean Congress and the President would have to give up some power to reward their friends and donors with special perks. They won't do that. They crave power too much to do anything that would decrease or limit their power.
Why do you do what you do? To make money. It's not a sin or a character flaw. If you sweep the floors in a bakery, or run an international corporation, you do it to make money. If you want to make more money, you either work harder, learn something new or move to a different location.
If you're a publically held company your sole responsibility is to make money for the shareholders. Why do people invest in companies? To make money.
If the US wants to get those jobs back, then we have to change the way things are done here. But the politicians won't do that. They want to tell their voters "Look how safe we made you. Look how we are taxing those evil companies. Look at how we support the unions ridiculous demands." And people vote for them, and the jobs go overseas.
Nope. Government is the problem.
