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<blockquote data-quote="klein" data-source="post: 890433" data-attributes="member: 23950">Almost everything Made in America has gotten so expensive, that even Americans aren&#039;t bvuying the products. For over 2 decades the US has a trade deficit.Funny thing though, it&#039;s not because of the average wages being paid in the US. (Germany has higher ones, along with a few other countries), So, what is it ?Well, it&#039;s the top wages ! CEO wages, board members, etc.Add to that those expensive multi-million superbowl commercials, or those with Superstars, like Michael Jackson did.... I can see those costs adding up, easily.Those costs are added to the US consumer.The other problem is, the middle class is disapearing. The heart and soul of a striving economy.If companies don&#039;t do anything about it, then who should ? Unions ? Not everyone is unionized, and it would just make the non union workers even poorer as higher union wages also mean higher end prices.So, who should eventually step in ?Apple, Microsoft, pepsi, or even GM, they don&#039;t care - they manufacture and sell more goods overseas, anyways.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="klein, post: 890433, member: 23950"] Almost everything Made in America has gotten so expensive, that even Americans aren't bvuying the products. For over 2 decades the US has a trade deficit. Funny thing though, it's not because of the [B]average[/B] wages being paid in the US. (Germany has higher ones, along with a few other countries), So, what is it ? Well, it's the top wages ! CEO wages, board members, etc. Add to that those expensive multi-million superbowl commercials, or those with Superstars, like Michael Jackson did.... I can see those costs adding up, easily. Those costs are added to the US consumer. The other problem is, the middle class is disapearing. The heart and soul of a striving economy. If companies don't do anything about it, then who should ? Unions ? Not everyone is unionized, and it would just make the non union workers even poorer as higher union wages also mean higher end prices. So, who should eventually step in ? Apple, Microsoft, pepsi, or even GM, they don't care - they manufacture and sell more goods overseas, anyways. [/QUOTE]

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