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Is it possible to mass produce instruments in the US anymore or are we just beating a dead horse here?
We have great conflicts of interest here. Foreign companies with subsidised production, or underpaid employees competing with US companies legally bound to "reasonable" terms.
Let us just assume that the union wins - what then? The cheap instruments from elsewhere will continue to take the market by storm because the average CONSUMER could care less. That means there will still be drastic decreases in production in the US, whether we like it or not.
A completely open world market will reduce salaries to the lowest common denominator - or to nothing if society does not become more particular about keeping AMERICANS fed. An open market is wonderful IF all sides profit. Other than selling out technology, I am not sure that we export enough to keep an economic balance with those countries killing our jobs.
Maybe our Wall Street and GNP based economy are not the right way? Maybe Zig Kanstul needs to buy Bach - he sure knows how to run a company..................