American made floor jack

[JohnnyO]

American products can compete price wise with anybody, we just have to give up OSHA. the EPA, unemployment, social security, medicare, labor unions, safe working conditions, and the idea that a work week is 40 hours. Actually, I never had a 40 hour a week job unless I took one day off. Unfortunately when we buy foreign stuff- and sometimes there isn't a choice- we're voting with our money for those working conditions.

Beat me to it.
Taxes, excessive regulations on labor and the environment, all combine to raise the cost of things made here. Result being that it forces production and jobs to places where little environmental and labor protections exist.

 

[19Walt93]

Beat me to it.
Taxes, excessive regulations on labor and the environment, all combine to raise the cost of things made here. Result being that it forces production and jobs to places where little environmental and labor protections exist.

Import tariffs should be used to make American made products able to compete fairly. Not many people would buy a Chinese(for example) product if purchasing it caused them to have the pay and working conditions of the workers who made it- and that's what we're endorsing when we buy it. China has over 2000 coal fired power plants and they're building over 1000 more- while claiming that they want to lead the world in "green" products. We're supporting that with our money,too.