I was struck tonight by Tim Pawlenty's recollection of a fellow in Arizona (I think it was) who said he was moving his business overseas to avoid having to comply with the new laws regarding health care. It started me thinking again...do businesses (which means businessmen and businesswomen) owe anything to our country? Or does profit justify anything they want to do?
I grew up in a union household. One of the things that meant was that we bought American automobiles, without exception. I still buy American automobiles, even though I think the Japanese and Korean cars in my price range are better values.
If I owned a business and could make $4 million dollars a year by moving it overseas, but only make $3 million a year keeping it here, I'd keep it here, regardless of whether it was a union shop or not.
Does anyone else see an issue here? That someone would fire all their workers and move their business overseas just to keep from having to comply with federal law?
If it made the difference between the business surviving and not surviving, I could understand. But if it is just to squeeze out a little more profit, wouldn't the patriotic thing be to stay here in America?
I grew up in a union household. One of the things that meant was that we bought American automobiles, without exception. I still buy American automobiles, even though I think the Japanese and Korean cars in my price range are better values.
If I owned a business and could make $4 million dollars a year by moving it overseas, but only make $3 million a year keeping it here, I'd keep it here, regardless of whether it was a union shop or not.
Does anyone else see an issue here? That someone would fire all their workers and move their business overseas just to keep from having to comply with federal law?
If it made the difference between the business surviving and not surviving, I could understand. But if it is just to squeeze out a little more profit, wouldn't the patriotic thing be to stay here in America?
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