I worked for a company who would prefer I not name them(Their initials are Gulf-Echo). In the 15 years I worked for them, I watched a number of divisions(all staffed by American workers) either move to another country, or simply cease to exist for two reasons: Taxes and environmental regulation.
The government began prohibiting the use of many solvents and materials necessary to manufacture a product. A substitution/replacement would be found, which was always more expensive. Then another would be prohibited, than another (These notices almost always began: “The state of California has concluded that this substance…”) Then the EPA would jump on it, and that would be it.
The people who worked in those divisions would complain that they lost their jobs to cheaper labor; and while cheaper labor found abroad was surely a reality, it was usually not the deciding factor in moving the business. Uneducated, unskilled, third world labor is indeed cheaper, but even this comes at a cost as it requires a reasonable intelligence to perform many of the tasks involved in manufacturing a product. Many times taking YEARS to work out so that the product can be reliably produced at a certain level of quality control.
Other products and services simply went away. I watched several become impossible to do for a price that would simply cover the costs involved.
I know the left, and all of it’s subgroups celebrate every time they create a new regulation or tax, but the truth is that it has cost many working people their jobs. Sure, it hurt the Corporation, which we know are all evil, but they are staffed by people trying to feed their families.
And yes, I could give specific examples to prove my point, but the company who pays for my (early)retirement would surely prefer than I not.
The government is out of control. Overstuffed with agencies that are staffed by personnel who are non-producers trying to justify their own jobs.
I’m sick of it.
