Let's not forget the huge medical insurance costs which can be like $1,000 per month per employee, and that is if they are single. If they are married with children, it can be $2,000 per month per employee. Plus many companies offer dental insurance, prescription plan, vision plan, 401k, matching, and profit sharing, or a pension plan. Companies have to match what employees pay in social security taxes, which is 7.65% of an employees' pay, and pay federal unemployment compensation taxes, state unemployment compensation taxes, and workers compensation. Plus the employees want tons of paid vacation and holiday time. They complain about their boss all day, spend half the day surfing the web, and gossip about other workers.
If workers in the U.S. worked without any benefits or paid vacation time, then we have a remote chance of bringing jobs back to the U.S., and I emphasize remote. Even then, I don't think it will happen.
Once manufacturing in Asia becomes too expensive, which it probably will one day, next stop is Africa, where you can find workers for $2 per day. How in the world can western countries compete with that?
