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minus-squareflatbield@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-230 days agoThere are many reasons things are not made in the US including: Unwillingness to accept lower profits including as compared with foreign competitors. Unwillingness to make big and risky capital investments needed for scale. An active mangemement objective to globalize their organization. Presumbly for flexibility. Companies always throw it on manufacturing cost is too high because wages are too high but that is not the only reason.
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·30 days agoTax code incentivizes offshoring of manufacturing too
There are many reasons things are not made in the US including:
Unwillingness to accept lower profits including as compared with foreign competitors.
Unwillingness to make big and risky capital investments needed for scale.
An active mangemement objective to globalize their organization. Presumbly for flexibility.
Companies always throw it on manufacturing cost is too high because wages are too high but that is not the only reason.
Tax code incentivizes offshoring of manufacturing too