one of the great myths that some put forward on this board is the reason companies are leaving the USA is because of over-regulation and the tax rate.The premise is just not true. Companies leave because they do not want to pay the American worker a fair wage and they do not want to be regulated in any way. Both of these cut into their already RECORD PROFITS. It is only about greed. American corporations care nothing about the middle-class worker never did never will. Since the time of the robber barons it has only been about profit nothing else. Illegal dumping,pollution of the great lakes and the rivers,union busting,lying to Congress,lying to the states. My final thought:if the corporations and those who run them had acted honestly and morally above board there would have been no need for any of these regulations to have been passed. I do think we have some over regulation but not to the extent that some here believe. I guess it comes down to trust. I DO NOT TRUST BIG BUSINESS TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

I guess I could have been a little over the top on my opinion, however I live in a right to work state and we just don't have the problems that union run work force states have.
Also I may have parroted what I have read and seen in the media.
Since we don't have what I consider to be the burden of unions here, it is all I have to pull from.
I don't want to be cliche!

Waynet speaks the truth.

Take Nike shoes for example. Over 1/3 of their shoes are made in Chinese sweatshops but the shoes still sell for top prices in the US. Why does an Oregon based company have their shoes made in China? More money for them, of course.

Take a look at the manufacturer label in your golf cap. Chances are it will say Indonesia, Myamar, Tibet, or some place like that.

Where and when have you met the corporate officers of whom you speak? I've known and worked with corporate officers from virtually every industry here in the United States and NONE of them fits your description. They do not pollute, union bust, etc. They are men and women of principle who conform to the laws of the countries in which they operate. They act honestly to fulfill their responsibilities including their fiduciary responsibility to the shareholders.

BBQ,sorry I must disagree with you. They do pollute,they do union bust,they will do anything to satisfy their big shareholders. We just witnessed it in CT again. Most lost power for 5-10 days due to trees falling on power lines. Investigation finds that rate increases were used not to continue tree pruning but instead went to increase retirement packages for the top execs. I DO NOT TRUST BIG CORPORATIONS TO DO THE RIGHT THING when profit is the only motive.