Turk,
You wrote:
"What applies to US versus Overseas, is happening right here under our own noses in a smaller scale. Many California businesses have left California, and moved to Nevada. Reno is now the distribution center for a lot of goods and major companies who serve California.
California made damn sure that they are better of doing business there. The companies did what they had to do. They went there.
Now California no longer has those jobs, and lost the revenue from such businesses."
That is exactly what Continental did with our heavy check facility in LAX.(in the early '90's) It was a massive operation. (Approx 3000 jobs) I can't recall the exact figure, But L.A. something like DOUBLED the fees overnight to help pay for the riots. (you know the old line of political B.S: "we'll just raise taxes on business to pay for it") Our new management amputated that hemorrhaging limb as fast as they could and moved the check to kuala Lumpour Indonesia.
I can remember almost being able to hear the stampede of mechanics heading toward Newark N.J. for our jobs!
In our business seniority is everything. they handed me my layoff notice that november (early '90's). (merry Christmas!) I was literaly one of the last 3 guys on the list to get laid off
Steve