(Poll created October 22, 2008)
Submitted by editor

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Why are the "good high paying factory jobs" leaving America?

Donald Trump
$15/hour is "high paying"?
That's not true - it's just a slogan being used by Democrats.
I don't want my children working in a factory.
Strikes and unreasonable demands of Labor Unions
High Corporate tax rates
Class Action lawsuits
Poorly educated workforce
Unrealistic anti-pollution laws (EPA)
George Bush, Dick Cheney and Haliburton
High cost of employee benefits (health care, unemployment, worker's comp)
Zoning/Regional planning preventing construction of industrial areas
Uncertainty about long-term energy supplies
American workers are lazy
Uncertainty about future government policy
Oppressive employee safety laws (OSHA)
Because the New World Order wants it
Too few young workers due to low US birth rates
Unrealistic wage demands by workers
The 'Crumbling infrastructure' of bridges, roads and rail
In a free market, capital always flows where it earns the highest return.
Limited access to raw materials
Limited market for exports for goods made in the U.S.
Sarbaine Oxley
High compensation of CEO's
Barney Frank
Robots do most of those kinds of jobs for the last 20 years
Bill Clinton's NAFTA agreement.
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