[olddog]

I don't like unions and don't want to work in one, but I'm not anti union. Although they are part of the problem they are not a huge part. Plenty of non-union plants have been shipped over seas.

The biggest cost factor in the USA is government regulation compliance. Then comes the fines for not being in compliance. Topped off with litigation uncertainty (the more successful the bigger the target on your back. All this in a country that has the highest tax rates, but if you pay off the politicians you get special deductions and can pay nothing. Publicly these same politicians will ridicule you, as greedy SOBs that don't want to pay their fair share.