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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TANSTAAFL" data-source="post: 4150733" data-attributes="member: 27098"><p>I think it is in part the unions, in part gov't policies as well. Why did Burger King move their headquarters to Scotland? Lower corporate taxes in Scotland. EPA get's involved as well, making it much more expensive to comply. Unions do not help. Good example is the autoworkers strike. Are US autoworkers really underpaid? To make that strike even worse, lgb got involved. So to buy 150K votes now we are going to pay another $850 to $1000 for a new car, and pay more for parts to keep them running. Meanwhile 335 million citizens struggle with inflation and rising underemployment. Now if your lucky you can have two low paying jobs and work more to replace your higher paying job that has gone to mexico, china, taiwan or south korea. Hats off to those that got an education and are working and earning more, but that is the exception and not the rule. Even high tech items have moved overseas, really despicable when you think that transistors, microchips and lasers were all invented here.</p></blockquote><p></p>