I think that instead of cutting taxes and hoping or waiting for the creation of jobs in the US, tax breaks should be tied to creating jobs in the US and/or providing education to workers (even OTJT) as well as manufacturing products domestically.
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Perhaps you should check all your labels and only buy USA from now on. No cheap electronics or clothing for you, just good old American made. After all you might have put some US worker out of a job!!!
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The problem with this is that labels don't quite tell us what's going on. If something is produced in another country, but assembled in some way in the US, slap goes the US label. Corporations in our territories can use US labels, too.
Case in point, your Invisalign is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.
BTW, you might be happy to know that they closed their Pakistan and UAE factories two years ago according to this:
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Two of the company's key production steps are performed in operations located outside of the U.S. At the company's facility in Costa Rica, technicians use a sophisticated, internally developed computer-modeling program to prepare electronic treatment plans, which are transmitted electronically back to the U.S. These electronic files form the basis of the company's ClinCheck product and are used to manufacture Aligner molds. A third party contract manufacturer in Mexico fabricates Aligners and ships the completed products to customers. In July 2002, ALGN announced a plan to streamline worldwide operations. The plan included closing its facility in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.). The company transitioned the operations performed at these facilities to the U.S. and Costa Rica. ALGN discontinued operations at its facilities in Pakistan and the U.A.E in October and December 2002, respectively. The company concluded the remainder of indirect operational activities related to the Costa Rica transition in January 2003. The company will cease non-operational closing activities in Pakistan when the land is disposed of at that location and in the U.A.E when the necessary statutory filings have been completed.
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Business Week Online
It looks like they are produced in Costa Rica and the US.
I don't understand how this equates to outsourcing your particular job, however. I wondered the same thing BOR asked, but didn't realize he had actually asked it until now.
EDIT: here is a more detailed explanation about "Made in the USA" claims:
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http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/madeusa.htm
It doesn't seem to be quite as easy as I initially thought. But I also don't know how this is enforced. Is it through customer research and complaint? I don't know, but there are two main ways to claim USA sourcing: unqualified (somewhat loosely defined) and qualified (more tightly defined).