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<blockquote data-quote="mugsy" data-source="post: 1913027" data-attributes="member: 18914">No, I was pointing out to an earlier poster who was hurling blame at companies in general that it isn&#039;t just evil-minded executives seeking to nefariously screw workers but that economic &quot;bottom lines&quot; drive many decisions and that the executives themselves are responsible to individuals or groups that expect continued sales and profitable performance.The part of my post that you bolded says exactly what I meant it to say, namely, companies must and investors expect them to stay competitive.&nbsp; That doesn&#039;t always mean relocating but sometimes it may.&nbsp; I&#039;ll go even further and say that government can be a direct cause of jobs leaving by creating rules willy-nilly that drive up costs.&nbsp; Some rules make sense for safety, health, etc. but many are simply the result of bureaucrats who make hosts of petty and costly decisions that have the force of law though they are merely rules made by unelected officials who generally do not know much about running a company.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mugsy, post: 1913027, member: 18914"] No, I was pointing out to an earlier poster who was hurling blame at companies in general that it isn't just evil-minded executives seeking to nefariously screw workers but that economic "bottom lines" drive many decisions and that the executives themselves are responsible to individuals or groups that expect continued sales and profitable performance. The part of my post that you bolded says exactly what I meant it to say, namely, companies must and investors expect them to stay competitive. That doesn't always mean relocating but sometimes it may. I'll go even further and say that government can be a direct cause of jobs leaving by creating rules willy-nilly that drive up costs. Some rules make sense for safety, health, etc. but many are simply the result of bureaucrats who make hosts of petty and costly decisions that have the force of law though they are merely rules made by unelected officials who generally do not know much about running a company. [/QUOTE]

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