IT wasn't a left wing policy that allowed the Corporations to shut down and move overseas.
You’re correct - it wasn’t left-wing policy that “allowed” companies to move overseas. It was left-wing policy that
forced corporations overseas. The highest corporate tax rates in the world (compliments of the left), the most costly regulations in the world (compliments of the left), and greedy unions (compliments of the left), all made it so that businesses simply couldn’t afford to do business in the U.S.
You drank the coolaid again. In the 50s, the corporate tax rate before adjustment was 50%. It went down and by 1980 it was down to 35% before adjustment. At the 35% rate, after adjustment, it was 27.5% versus the cheapest in the world at just under 27.2%. The Corporate Tax rate has been unchanged until Trump. Reagan lowered it to 35% and it wasn't changed until Trump. The Left had nothing to do with what you claimed happened all those years. I suggest you fact check your bulls shit. And yes, I call bull shit on this one.
Even with the lowering of the Corporate Tax Rate, there was no evidence of the raising of the profits of the corporations at all. I suggest you read up on this.
Corporate tax rates and economic growth since 1947
As for Unions. The threat of the Union is neither good nor bad. If Corporations or Businesses were to take the lead like Coors Beer has, there would be no need for a Union. This is why Coors has no Union. They treat their workers BETTER and pay them better than the union counterparts at Anheiser Busch. Busch has tried to operate behind the scenes to get a union into coors for decades. They know that it would hurt Coors. After all these years, it's Coors that has grown and Busch that is on the chopping block and looking for a bailout. Businesses don't need to have a union if they treat their workers fair. But many treat their workers like peons and the Unions gain footholds. Again, the threat of the union is neither good nor bad. But if you have a bad business then you are going to get a bad union. If you have a good business you are either going to have no union or a good union. I know a number of Businesses that welcomed in Unions because the benefits that come with a Union saves them money and helps to keep the workers happy. But I know a number of Businesses that are so poorly manpower managed that they need to be unionized so bad it hurts but will never be. If the Management treats the workers fairly, there isn't a need for a Union and the Union can be voted out. Simple as that. If the Business uses that as an excuse, they were going to shut things down with or without the union anyway.
Now, let's take a look at RCA. RCA was manufactured in Tennessee. They put out a fantastic product. They were selling to Walmart. Walmart wanted them to sell at X dollars to them. RCA said they couldn't do that. Walmart said that they had no choice. Either they move their operations to China or Walmart would come up with a name very close to RCA and make their own and no longer buy from RCA. RCA had no choice. They shut their non union shop down and move it all to China and the quality went way down in the process.
Now, let's look at Zenith. Zenith was by far the best TV set in the World. They were a Union shop. Walmart pulled the same routine on them. Zenith told Walmart where to stick it and shut down their TV line completely.
Walmart has that kind of power or at least it used to. Amazon is getting to that point these days. These corporations tell you what you what they are going to buy your product for and you had damned well better meet that price point. And Unions have little to do with it. With the exception that the Union Shop has higher quality in manufacturing of goods on the average than the overseas non union shops. We used to demand high quality and repair it when it malfunctioned. Now, we expect X number of returns and when it dies, we throw it away.
It's not Taxes or Unions that moved the manufacturing overseas, it was the blind greed. But China is in dire straits right now and some are returning to the US. Not because of the Tariffs but because China is getting extremely hard to work with and the profits are getting slimmer. Not to mention, the transportation costs are skyrocketing. When you shut a non union factory down in Tennessee so that it can be moved to China just so some large Corporation can make only a few bucks on each sale, greed is the only answer. Reagan removed the regulations that prevented this from happening. Before, this just wasn't even thought of. Union Factories moved to Tennessee where Unions were unwelcome and wages were a lot lower so moving that factory overseas before 1980 just didn't happen. Ever wonder why Toyota assembles in Tennessee?
Your whole reasoning is just plain Bullshit.
