Chapter 2006 High Labor Costs in the United States

Just after the contract was signed, Chairman Zhu of the China Iron and Steel Industry Association received a report from the secretary. The United States sent a fax saying that a 15% punitive tariff would be imposed on China's steel products. .

President Zhu knocked on the door of the reception room with the faxed documents: "Mr. Feng, as you expected, the United States really did it again."

"Is this document sent by the U.S. International Trade Commission again? The steel industry as a whole, and all steel products will be subject to these punitive tariffs. They really dare to speak up."

China's steel as a whole is much cheaper than that of the United States, but there are a few of them, the price is actually similar to that of the United States, but the production in the United States is low and the demand is high.

In Feng Yu's view, Miguo is poor and crazy, and he just wants to take a bite when he seizes an opportunity. Or it may also be because the US$50 billion national debt promised by Huaxia has not been purchased for a long time, so the United States has to make such a bad move.

Another important reason is that behind-the-scenes consortiums in industries such as tires and steel are also supporters of Obanniu. Aobaniu will naturally give them some rewards to help them obtain higher profits.

In many cases, what policies the United States will implement can be seen from the support consortium behind the president. For example, with the support of Microsoft behind Obama, the United States must stimulate the development of the software industry.

Now that Obanniu has the support of steel tycoons behind him, Obanniu naturally wants to protect the interests of these steel tycoons. Of course they wouldn't say that on the surface, but they were looking for a high-sounding reason, such as there are more steel workers, and Washington is working for the benefits of workers in the United States.

Why are many industries in the United States obviously more mechanically efficient, but the production cost is much higher than that in China? The fundamental reason is that their employment costs are too high.

Is it because the wages of workers in the United States are more than ten times higher than those in China? No, but their benefits are much higher than Huaxia's.

The most basic welfare benefits are medical care and pensions. Needless to say, pensions, high wages, this is naturally high, and more corporate subsidies.

The most frightening thing is the medical insurance in the United States. Everyone in the United States has bought at least a dozen kinds of insurance, and almost all the insurance types you can imagine are available in the United States. What you can't imagine, the United States also has.

This is the same as the gaming industry in the United States. It seems that you can buy insurance for anything. For example, a singer can buy insurance for his voice. If one day my voice breaks down and I can no longer sing, the insurance company will compensate me for the loss.

It even said that you have a Erha at home, and you think it may destroy your home when you are at work,

This can also be purchased from an insurance company.

Of course, every insurance must have a risk assessment. As long as the insurance company believes that the risk is controllable, they will accept your insurance.

Insurance is a financial derivative, and these are naturally the money-making tools created by the big consortiums.

There are several high-income occupations in the United States. When we watch Xiangjiang movies, we will also find that these two occupations are not only high-income, but also very stable. The risk is much lower than that of the financial industry, that is, doctors and lawyers.

Needless to say, lawyers, there has always been a saying in the United States that the law protects the rich, and lawyers serve the rich.

In the United States, if you don't have insurance, then sorry, you can't see a doctor at all. You have a cold, the doctor checks it up, and then tells you to go back and drink more water. You only listen to your heartbeat, take your temperature, look at the flat conductor, and the consultation fee is two hundred dollars, without prescribing a single medicine.

If you have hypoglycemia, accidentally get confused, and a kind passer-by accidentally calls an ambulance for you, then you will be miserable. There is no one thousand dollars that you can’t afford, and the ambulance alone costs seven to eight hundred dollars.

If you have a red spot on your body, and you accidentally meet a doctor who can't understand it, and then give you a consultation regardless, then the five-figure dollar on the bill will make many people prefer to kill it with a knife. Go out that red dot.

Many Chinese people say that seeing a doctor in the United States is cheaper, so they are all fooled. But all of this is completely different if you have insurance.

Depending on the type of insurance, you don't need to pay a penny at all for many insurances. Even if the insurance is average, you only need to pay 20% at most.

And what kind of insurance do those workers in the United States require companies to buy for them? 80% reimbursement is definitely not enough, is it enough to reimburse 100%?

Not enough, they want to reimburse 12% of the kind, because they also need nutrition expenses, lost wages and so on.

You said this kind of insurance, can it be cheaper? With this kind of insurance, those who have a little bit of a headache will be hospitalized. Anyway, the insurance company will pay for it all, and some of them can even make money.

The efficiency of enterprises will decrease, and the expenditure will increase. How many enterprises can afford it?

So basically, it is because the cost of living in the United States is too high, especially the medical cost, which is ridiculously high. You think that many Chinese people like to buy their own medicine when they have a cold and fever, and they are reluctant to go to the hospital. This is even more so in the United States. Their home medicine cabinets sell very well. They contain some common cold medicines, anti-inflammatory drugs, stomach medicines, band-aids, gauze, etc., and they are sold for hundreds of dollars. This is hundreds of dollars in China. Even rmb may not be sold.

Just because the insurance is relatively high, some companies can still afford it, but these workers also need some other benefits. For example, workers in steel mills must have high-temperature subsidies, and they must also prevent various other possible injuries to the body. They are collectively called health subsidies.

This subsidy is often even higher than wages.

In the eyes of Americans, life should be enjoyed, and work is only for making money, but when making money, it must not affect the quality of life.

You say that you have no education, no skills, and you still want to make money, but you don’t want to endure hardship. Is this reasonable?

They just think so, if the business owners can't meet their requirements, it's simple, let's go!

We all quit, leaving your factory unemployed, the loss of a day is not a small amount. When workers in Detroit went on strike, Tongyong Motors, Cores, and Ford lost hundreds of millions of dollars a day in total. Within three days, those car companies were forced to compromise.

You cannot be fired if you go on strike, otherwise you will be sued by the trade union, thinking that you are unfair and deliberately targeted, and you will be fined and high compensation.

It is also the existence of these trade unions that has caused the manufacturing industry in the United States to go downhill year by year, because these medical care, pensions and other benefits alone make business owners miserable, not to mention that these people often ask for increased remuneration. If you don't make money, you will add a fart.

Many companies have gone bankrupt because of these, but those workers don't care at all. They think that the country will definitely solve it, otherwise they will protest and make things big.

It is precisely because of these that the imports of many products in the United States are increasing day by day, and it is not enough without imports. But the import volume is high, and their domestic enterprises have been greatly affected. They don't want their domestic enterprises to go bankrupt, so they came up with this means of local protection.

Now is the time for the game between the two sides.

... (To be continued.)