Jobs will gravitate to the cheapest, educated labor force. If shipping cost were enough to offset the reduced cost of labor we wouldn't have the issue. If you want unregulated effluent entering the atmosphere then you can take a look at what it is like in Cartagena. We literally had to wash the boat weekly and the water flowing off was filled with dirt. It looked a lot like the Mississippi. The running and standing rigging was "filthy". Friends that lived there didn't even know the air was so polluted that their health was effected till they moved elsewhere and their asthma cleared up.

I do agree that sometimes we (the US) regulates without looking at any consequences. There does need to be balance. However; simply saying regulation is the cause of job loss is an oversimplification. Some jobs go, some stay, and some are created.

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