Originally posted by Darth Macabre
Give tax breaks to companies that keep 75-95 percent of their jobs stateside; give devaluing incentives to those that keep 74 to 50 percent.
products produced in North America do not compete well on the market with those from China.
Regardless of tax breaks, if the consumer still has to pay the difference (worker's pay, benefits, vacation, etc) companies which keep employment stateside will struggle.
IMHO, this just benefits foreign companies that import product to the states (and would theoretically be immune to the taxes), rather than domestic companies that do the same.
Re: Solve Unemployment
Originally posted by ScarletSpeed
What could the government do to Solve unemployment ?
For one thing, if more states in the US recycled the way many parts of Calfornia do, then many jobs could be created. As it is, I don't think most of the US offer the option or service of recycling cans. I'm not talking about the bins where you separate the clear glass from the green glass and the plastic from the foil, I'm talking about the recycling cans where you throw anything into it that can be recycled, and you don't have to separate it. Who separates it? The guys at the recycling plant who get paid to separate it, and they get it from the guys who get paid to drive the trucks that come and pick it up. Then the guys who get paid to sell it to companies that use recycled materials can do their jobs. And then theres the guys who deliver the cans to the houses so they can recycle. And it's all free to you and me, and the recycling company basically makes a fortune since we provide them with their materials, we basically give it to them at no cost to them. It's flawless.
Originally posted by =Tired Hiker=If that's not government funded that does indeed sound awesome.
For one thing, if more states in the US recycled the way many parts of Calfornia do, then many jobs could be created. As it is, I don't think most of the US offer the option or service of recycling cans. I'm not talking about the bins where you separate the clear glass from the green glass and the plastic from the foil, I'm talking about the recycling cans where you throw anything into it that can be recycled, and you don't have to separate it. Who separates it? The guys at the recycling plant who get paid to separate it, and they get it from the guys who get paid to drive the trucks that come and pick it up. Then the guys who get paid to sell it to companies that use recycled materials can do their jobs. And then theres the guys who deliver the cans to the houses so they can recycle. And it's all free to you and me, and the recycling company basically makes a fortune since we provide them with their materials, we basically give it to them at no cost to them. It's flawless.
Originally posted by Bardock42
If that's not government funded that does indeed sound awesome.
I don't see why it would need to be. A private enterprise could start it up and reap the benefits almost immediately, it would seem. It would just snowball from there. I don't know, I guess there's regulations and whatnot, but I don't understand why it is not practiced as much as it could be at this day and age.
Originally posted by inimalistWhile I can see and do concede that point, tariffs can be used to prevent imports from being substantially greater than the country's exports. My idea was based upon having an increase in the tariff rates, as to give domestic goods a chance. Basically, the idea would be in conjunction with other measures that I did not outline in my post.
products produced in North America do not compete well on the market with those from China.Regardless of tax breaks, if the consumer still has to pay the difference (worker's pay, benefits, vacation, etc) companies which keep employment stateside will struggle.
IMHO, this just benefits foreign companies that import product to the states (and would theoretically be immune to the taxes), rather than domestic companies that do the same.