Bmeelneg I think you make some very VALID points for sure. but on some points ill agree to disagree.
"Slave labor is cheap, American made products are expensive." but therein lies the problem, American products are expensive but not cause of the American workers wage its because of the greed at the top of these companys. The top 1to5% of these companys make more then all employees combined, which is what drives the cost up. During the last 30 years greed has taken over and because of that the people who make them there money has been forgotten. Companys used to take care of there own and wasnt concerned with HUGE profits but more so with the happiness of its employees. them days are gone sadly and i just dont see em coming back EVER. Take big oil for example, is 32 billion a quarter not enough profit while getting that profit at the expense of people who can barely afford to even goto work now? GREED, when is enough profit enough, While all the tax burdens are being put on the hard working class while the rich get away with paying none to very little taxes and companys pay no property tax while homeowners(and i say that loosely cause even when its paid off you dont own it) have to pay there taxes? people btch about welfare and the people on it but thats nothing in comparison to what companys get in welfare. Corporate welfare is a MUCH bigger problem (by at least 100x) then all people on food stamps afdc and medicaid.
Its really a sad state are country is heading and there is no way to stop it except take all greed away. when you have 5% population thats RICH and maybe ( and thats a BIG maybe) 10% middle class and the rest are poor you have serious problems. As bad as some people think unions have been back in the day there was a HUGE middle class because of em. Now theres barely any middle class left at all thanks to trickle down economics which clearly hasnt worked and will continue not to work.