On 7/12/16 9:18 AM, justan wrote:
Keyser Söze Wrote in message:
On 7/12/16 9:01 AM, Boating All Out wrote:
In article ,
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Saw a guy in Ohio being interviewed yesterday. He works at a small,
struggling company that refurbishes and rebuilds commercial machinery.
He said that he has been a life-long Democrat but this time around he
and most of his fellow workers are going to vote for Trump. He said
that despite all the promises and rhetoric, the "Democrats have done
absolutely nothing about bringing back good jobs and improving
opportunities for the middle class."
I think this is the heart of the Trump appeal to many blue collar
workers. Today's Democrats talk a lot and make grandiose promises that
win votes but do nothing to actually help the middle class. Hillary
regurgitates the same old, same old. What is needed is a serious, hard
core effort to bring manufacturing jobs back to the USA by making it
economically desirable to the companies that currently outsource them.
Except Trump isn't trusted. Hillary isn't trusted. Besides, tool and
die-making is pretty much dead here. But it could come back. Then
people will whine about the cost of manufactured goods.
The profit margins in goods manufactured overseas in near-slave-labor
countries are enormous compared to the margins of goods that formerly
were made here, and the goods made here were profitable. It's the cheap
labor, the lack of real environmental controls, et cetera.
I posit that for example a $2500 refrigerator made in Korea produces at
least $1000 in pure profit to the manufacturer and smaller profits to
the importer, distributor and dealer. I'd bet the actual manufacturing
cost including plant investment, materials, and labor is well under $1000.
That same refrigerator made in the USA would probably cost $1350 to
manufacture.
I just bought a new Whirlpool. Where was it made?
Don't know, but I'd guess a country where workers are exploited, the
environment is ignored...the usual. Maybe somewhere in Asia, India, or
perhaps Mexico.