Posted by JimS on February 11, 2016 at 08:38:32 from (172.243.254.23):
In Reply to: Jobs going to Mexico? posted by Spook on February 11, 2016 at 07:55:44:
This is a bit ironic, as we complain on our Japanese computers with rare earth components from China assembled in Mexico serviced by on line techies in India.
Be careful what you wish for. Read Leonard Read's "I Pencil." He talks about how no single person knows how nor can make a pencil. Graphite from Maylasia, tin from china or Europe, chainsaws from Sweden, ships to haul everything from China or India. You start throwing up trade restrictions and suddenly you have unintended consequences and more impediments.
In a truly free society, should you not be able to purchase what you want from where you want? Should you not be able to run a business over seas and give the best price to your customer?
Where is the logical conclusion in trade restrictions. OUtside the inter commerce clauses of the constitution, you could restrict people to buy within your state or county; think of the jobs! Yet we all know it is better to grow wheat in Kansas or Washington than Florida. Likewise, other places have advantages and seek to exploit those advantages. Rockefeller created unfair advantages, most of which were temporary until competitors adopted them, to give us cheaper fuel, more disposable income, greater free time and quality of life.
Sure, Mexico has lower labor rates but does anyone here employ the higher labor of one contractor over another? I read all the time on this site of people complaining about the cost of professional services, mechanics, machine shop, pump and drill, electricians, horseshoers, etc. seeking lower cost elsewhere. We do, on small scale, precisely what these companies in question do on a large scale; we seek the lower cost, nearly every time, and enjoy the savings.
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