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  1. How the outsourcing scam works in the west: It is the large retail corporations that sell this merchandise, and clothing is not all, that lobby the western governments for strict regulations, which gives them an excuse to close western factories and outsource their manufacturing. The stricter the regulations the better for the western corporations. This started in the early 1970s, when the G5 and G7 were created, where they began to shut down western manufacturing and move it to the east, where they found a very cheap source for labor with no regulations. These western corporations wanted an excuse to shut down their manufacturing, so they lobbied the western governments to increase regulations on everything. In the US's case, they created the EPA under Nixon, and it was in the Nixon White House where the G5 was formed. It was also Nixon that started courting the east for this very thing, and the other G5 nations soon followed suit. The retail corporations can profit way more by purchasing from manufacturers in the east, and they do not have to worry about having to buy from western factories that must comply with labor and environmental laws. If you look at what they're paying for that eastern-made clothing, you would be shocked at the markup, and that is after paying for shipping, where they can still sell it at a cheap price.
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  2. Has it not hit everyone how the outsourcing scam works in the west? It is the large corporations that sell this merchandise, and clothing is not all, that lobby the western governments for strict regulations, which gives them an excuse to close western factories and outsource their manufacturing. The stricter the regulations the better for the western corporations. This started in the early 1970s, when the G5 and G7 were created, where they began to shut down western manufacturing and move it to the east, where they found a very cheap source for labor with no regulations. These western corporations wanted an excuse to shut down their manufacturing, so they lobbied the western governments to increase regulations on everything. In the US's case, they created the EPA under Nixon, and it was in the Nixon White House where the G5 was formed. It was also Nixon that started courting the east for this very thing, and the other G5 nations soon followed suit. The retail corporations can profit way more by purchasing from manufacturers in the east, and they do not have to worry about having to buy from western factories that must comply with labor and environmental laws. If you look at what they're paying for that eastern-made clothing, you would be shocked at the markup, and that is after paying for shipping, where they can still sell it at a cheap price.
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