Logic???

[ezdays]

Let's think about this a bit. When you have things assembled off-shore, you are subjected to the laws of the land. Most lands have no laws that protect the workers, therefore you don't have to pay decent wages, give them sick and vacation pay, no FICA to pay nor any medical benefits. The bottom line is just that, the bottom line (profit) and they wouldn't do this if it were cheaper to keep the product assembly at home. We were discussing that the other day regarding customer service. Why are all the companies putting all of their answering lines overseas? All it does is tend to aggravate the customer since it's usually difficult to understand the other person since English is not their primary language. It's logical to think that if they kept these production and service jobs here, there would be more people employed that would be able to buy things. They may not all buy model trains, but the would spend their money in places that would hire more people and some of them would then buy more trains. It's a win-win. More people have jobs and more product is sold. Each unit sold may have a smaller profit margin but you make it up by selling more this way.

Another part of this to wonder about is, why are some foreign brand automobiles made in the USA, and a lot of our brands like Ford, GM and Chrysler are assembled out of the country?