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Is John Q citizen a de facto cause of outsourcing in the US?

Asked by Hypocrisy_Central (26879points) July 24th, 2011

Watching the Shark Tank on TV I have noticed a lot of good inventions or business ideas get passed up because the Sharks do not think there is a large enough profit margin and the person can’t have it made overseas. If it had a larger profit margin, the price would be more than John Q would pay, even in a good economy much less a soft one. So isn’t the US consumer a de facto reason for outsourcing? If big business wants to sell a widget to John Q, he has to make it in the range John Q will be willing to buy. If that means making it overseas to keep the price down, that is what John Q wants, right? If John Q insisted on having the ”made in the USA” label, and was willing to pay more to have it, do you think companies would still outsource if they knew John Q would not buy it without the ”Made in America” stamp on it?

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