Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Then again maybe not..... Date:   3/22/2016 6:27:04 PM

I'm not necessarily talking about moving jobs off shore.  What I am really saying is companies who contract with a foreign country/government to build a manufacturing facility, then sell them the equipment,  teach them how to use the equipment, and the manufacturing process, and them leave them to it knowing full well that the company will compete with them.  I understand why companies move their production facilities overseas to take advantage of lower costs.  While I blame the companies for short term gains, I also blame the government for letting it happen and making it easier for it to happen. I realize that publically held companies get special pressure for profits and GF is unfortunately right when he says that people with 401Ks want to see them go up. 

I realize that I have a limited view that deals mainly with the defense sector, but I have heard about it in other sectors.  And in the defense sector, I have seen companies take sensitive military technology and trade it away for the short term gain.  One example is a very well known airplane company, that developed a specialized seat for the fighter pilot.   They agreed for the Chinese manufacture of the seat in order to sell a certain number of commercial airplanes to the Chinese government.  (this is known as offset - when a country demands something unrelated to the contract to happen in order for the deal to go through.  This takes many forms, but that is another discussion).  Needless to say that they did this without getting the permission of the U.S. government, and they were fined heavily.  But this particular company thought it was more cost effective to pay the fine and make the sale.