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enSeneca,

when Maytag relocated their refrigeration manufacturing from Illinois to Mexico, it was not to produce better refrigerators. Mexicans didn’t make it faster or better; they made it cheaper.

Maytag’s payroll went from $16/Hr to $2/Hr. If Maytag refrigerators are now or in the near future not outsourced from China, it is or will only be due to Mexico, (unlike the USA) not squandering their manufacturing industries.

If the workers could have accepted wage rates below the federal minimum and the governments' could have waived all their reasonable and less reasonable government regulations and waived their taxes, Maytag would still have had to move. You can’t beat $2/Hr.

But the workers cannot live in Illinois at below the federal wage rate and all levels of government need their revenues and government regulations have beneficial purposes that are often delivered. You’re not satisfied with things as they are but you fear to consider change?

Respectfully, Supposn

<blockquote data-quote="Supposn" data-source="post: 159062" data-attributes="member: 2314">enSeneca,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; when Maytag relocated their refrigeration manufacturing from Illinois to Mexico, it was not to produce better refrigerators.&nbsp; Mexicans didn’t make it faster or better; they made it cheaper.&nbsp;Maytag’s payroll went from $16/Hr to $2/Hr.&nbsp; If Maytag refrigerators are now or in the near future not outsourced from China, it is or will only be due to Mexico, (unlike the USA) not squandering their manufacturing industries.If the workers could have accepted wage rates below the federal minimum and the governments&#039; could have waived all their reasonable and less reasonable government regulations and waived their taxes, Maytag would still have had to move.&nbsp; You can’t beat $2/Hr.But the workers cannot live in Illinois at below the federal wage rate and all levels of government need their revenues and government regulations have beneficial purposes that are often delivered.&nbsp; You’re not satisfied with things as they are but you fear to consider change?Respectfully, Supposn</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Supposn, post: 159062, member: 2314"] enSeneca, when Maytag relocated their refrigeration manufacturing from Illinois to Mexico, it was not to produce better refrigerators. Mexicans didn’t make it faster or better; they made it cheaper. Maytag’s payroll went from $16/Hr to $2/Hr. If Maytag refrigerators are now or in the near future not outsourced from China, it is or will only be due to Mexico, (unlike the USA) not squandering their manufacturing industries. If the workers could have accepted wage rates below the federal minimum and the governments' could have waived all their reasonable and less reasonable government regulations and waived their taxes, Maytag would still have had to move. You can’t beat $2/Hr. But the workers cannot live in Illinois at below the federal wage rate and all levels of government need their revenues and government regulations have beneficial purposes that are often delivered. You’re not satisfied with things as they are but you fear to consider change? Respectfully, Supposn [/QUOTE]

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