China is really hurting us with their undervalued economy and undervalued monetary unit. These plants are all moving to asia because they have to to stay competitive. No matter what it is, they can do it cheaper and more efficient overseas because their employees don’t get 40k a year and a pension.
When Clinton signed that trade agreement with china, he didn’t think of the big picture. We send china cotton and corn, they send us apex dvd players. Now they are dumping stuff onto every aspect of the us market, and slowly buying up this country.
Just take a look at the price difference between a continental tire, and a kuhmo tire. Same can be said for the MAF units, and electronics they made at the plant here.
Yes its sad, but people have to change and educate themselves, and become innovators to make money. Not just graduate high school, and expect to make 50 grand a year working at chevy (no offence to anyone of course), but times have changed.