"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
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I'm really curious if a large enough percentage of people would in
fact
pay a little more for an American made product if that differentiation
were made evident.

I would. However, historically, the answer has been "no". It's not
just
corporations' profits driving corporations overseas...the consumer's
desire
for the lowest priced good is driving 'em away.

What do you suppose would happen if they knew that not all consumers are
looking for the lowest priced items at all times? You already know what
happens if the manufacturers DON'T have this information, right?

Or, I suppose you could take the Dave Hall approach and do nothing,
because
your efforts might not work.

I used to be under the belief that corporation's tax breaks and write-offs
ought to be set at a level that's indirectly proportional to the amount of
their product that is manufactured overseas. The higher the percentage of
goods made overseas, the lower the level of write-offs. For example, if 80%
of their product is made overseas, then they lose 80% of their usual
corporate write-offs. In order to make things "fair", the same rules would
have to apply to foreign corporations selling goods over here...but it'd
have to be done via a tariff...and that's the problem. Tariffs don't work.
The Hawley-Smoot Tariff was a disaster that only served to prolong the great
Depression.

It seems that the Dave Hall approach of "doing nothing" might be the only
answer. Sure, it's going to hurt in the short term...but I believe in the
long term, things will even out.