Posted by Spook on February 13, 2016 at 09:01:20 from (104.63.94.65):
In Reply to: Jobs going to Mexico? posted by Spook on February 11, 2016 at 07:55:44:
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Last numbers I've read of, direct labor was about $1500. The bennies were about the same. I really think some od these numbers posted are either wrong, or very old. These companies have folks checking everything, and every cost gets put into some category. Some of the things are capital - like equipment. I remember when they had to replace a huge air compressor - it was something north of 2 million. A lot of their cost here are subsidized by the government. In some cases, the State of Michigan actually, thru corporate shields, owns the plant. A lot of "mid level" manufacturing plants did this, just to keep jobs here. They also assumed the responsibility for a lot of environmental stuff. The deindustrialization of Michigan ( America ) started long ago. It's become pretty well accepted that it has been going on here. There is a lot of interconnection between government and business, how that works is pretty political, so I won't discuss it.
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