What came first, the chicken or the egg?

Question

I've been told that American companies are moving overseas, because American's want cheaper products. But don't American's buy the products that are offered to them? Wouldn't Americans be buying products made in America, if products were made in America? I know that I've been buying Hershey Bars all my life and they were made in America. Now I'm supposed to buy Hershey Bars that are made in Mexico?
What came first, the Hershey Bar made in America or the Hershey Bar made in Mexico?
Isn't globalization simply a betrayal of the American worker?
Aren't the people who have their pension plans invested in corporations that move overseas simply forgetting what got them those pension plans? Aren't they basically saying that they got theirs and now they want to change the rules and leave everyone, even their own children, to deal with the consequences?

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Mostinstantkarma, I'm not sure what you find impossible about my question or questions, but your inability to answer reveals more about your answering abilities than my questioning abilities.

Philip McCrevice, I'm an American first. I remember when Americans believed that we could lead the world by example and they would eventually raise their standard of living to meet ours. When did the rules change so that now we have to lower our standard of living to compete with the labor cost of impoverished countries? The deal between the businessmen and the American workers is being broken. And I can only hope that the American workers realize it before it's too late and the middle class simply dissolves.

KIB, My "socialistic answer to capitalism" is to do what created the middle class in this country to begin with. Use the government to temper unbridled capitalism. Protect American workers with trade tariffs. Just as the countries of the EU protect their workers now.
What is your capitalistic answer to the human suffering that is being caused by globalization? Let them eat cake?

Answer 1

It's called capitalism.

If it saves money to hire Indians, hire them and fire Americans.

We do need to make the world a fair playing ground, though. We need to introduce tariffs and import taxes equal to what it would take to make foreign labor costs equal to American labor costs. It's only fair. Chinese can live off of $1 a day. We can't.

Answer 2

And what is your socialistic answer to capitalism? Look pal, you move where you can save the most, stabalizing your capital, so you can support the pensioners that are unionized. They are unionized to get a higher wage, driving costs up but you still have to make money for the investors of the company and to make the paycheck for employees still there. You do this to suupport the pensioners. We must have been better off when prices were cheaper huh? Oh wait a minute wages were lower. Ok, You have come up with a question now come up with the government control answer you are looking for anyway.

Answer 3

Globalization benefits corporations and the elite shareholders. Make no mistake about it.
Now we as a people have a choice to make. We can either remain at the employee level and be trod upon or work hard, save, invest and become shareholders and reap the benefits of the higher profits created by hiring lower paid workers.
We aren't going to stop globalization so the logical conclusion is... when in injun country, wear feathers.

To answer the question as posed...
The chicken came first whether you are a creationist or evolutionist. The critter arrived first, matured and laid eggs.

Answer 4

Good point, maybe we need to boycott the companies not conducting business here. But then you have to ask how many people would that put out of work? It's a problem for sure but here is no easy answer, with all the regulations and crap thrown on a lot of these companies you can't blame them.

Answer 5

The people profiting from moving the jobs overseas don't care about America or the American worker. They care about one thing, their own pockets.

Answer 6

Just another slimy big business practice,maybe a Hersey bar should cost a $100.00 a piece.

Answer 7

Outsourcing -> less jobs -> less people with money -> less purchases

I don't see what was so hard about understanding this question. Although, it seems more like a statement of thought.

Answer 8

What's the point of asking a question that is impossible to answer?

Answer 9

We all know that the chicken came first or he would have never crossed the road. You don't think that an egg crossed the road do you?

Answer 10

Who cares, whether we like it or not, due to the lack of support from our president, and top ranking officials, America will undergo "Mexicanization" her pretty soon. Be prepared