This is a question I've been pondering for a while now. Since a large component of the US economy was its strong manufacturing base, why doesn't the government ban outsourcing and force corporations like Apple, Microsoft, Walmart and others to leave China and return to America for production of their products? Some people say this would be a bad idea since it would greatly raise prices and possibly wipe out these companies' profits. Now I'm no expert on economics and I'm sure most everyone here will have a higher knowledge of this subject than I do but if the higher wages of American workers became too expensive to pay then couldn't the government just subsidize the labor wages for these corporations? So would this be good or bad in the long run?

Our technology market would be in shambles.  Modern technology companies rely on cheap labor to keep costs low.  If your iPhone had been made by  U.S. workers, its price would be in the thousands of dollars.

If the government were to subsidise their wages,  we'd see a tax hike that would have an equivalent effect.  In short,  banning outsourcing would cripple the economy.

What if worker wages for building Apple products in the US were drastically lowered to Chinese levels? If it works in China I assume it would have to work here.

Quote from: Republicunt on August 13, 2015, 12:44:24 AM

What if worker wages for building Apple products in the US were drastically lowered to Chinese levels? If it works in China I assume it would have to work here.

lol they'd have to pay workers lower than minimum wage then. I'm pretty sure that won't fly.

...So what do you propose?

Quote from: Thunder on August 13, 2015, 12:50:29 AM

Quote from: Republicunt on August 13, 2015, 12:44:24 AM

What if worker wages for building Apple products in the US were drastically lowered to Chinese levels? If it works in China I assume it would have to work here.

lol they'd have to pay workers lower than minimum wage then. I'm pretty sure that won't fly.

...So what do you propose?

Ideas that aren't stupid, for starters

Yes, let's bring all the manufacturing jobs back to the US so American labour can be shifted into making expensive-ass goods which could've been made elsewhere in the world to the benefit of almost everybody.

But, if we banned outsourcing your mother wouldn't have a job.

I kid. Outsourcing hasn't been banned because most people these days are too fucking lazy to work difficult or menial jobs.

I kid again. Really, it's because companies love money. If they can find a way to make anything cheaper to produce, while maximizing their profit, they'll take it.

But, the real plain and simple answer is this.

Because money. The retards are hooked on it.