1200 ford workers to be stood down without pay tonight

[4Vman]

Originally Posted by irish2

We can't compete with 3rd world nations unless we become a 3rd world nation. We can pay our workers less so we can become 'competitive' but our workforce often is far more skilled than overseas counterparts and that commands a premium. Why should we compete with people being paid $50 a week when their houses cost $2000 or a few goats. Our cost of living is far greater and the workers need to be able to feed their children without having 2 jobs like many low working class Americans.

I do understand what you're saying, so how do we stop our industry going off shore? I quoted on supplying kitchen components for a large kitchen manufacturer and i couldnt even buy the board for the price they can import finished components of the same quality, how do you stop or compete with that? I know for sure if my manufacturing costs keep going up i'll loose market share OS...