@carnage4life I mean Starmer’s government is trying to dismantle and privatize the NHS so we’ll see how long that lasts.

@carnage4life I remember 20ish years ago Toyota citing benefits as the deciding factor in choosing Ontario for an assembly plant over a couple of northern US State candidates. Of course, that was predicated on the US honoring its trade agreements.

@carnage4life “where lower production costs, especially on wages and employee benefits” sounds like its a couple of things combined

@carnage4life I can attest to that. I run a very small software company, the amount we pay for health insurance would cover several more software developer salaries, and we absolutely would hire them if we didn’t have to spend that money on insurance.

@carnage4life Oh man, are red states ever in the Find Out phase.

@carnage4life this really matters for entrepreneurs. how many want to start their own business but can’t afford private health insurance for their family?

@carnage4life It's not so much universal healthcare (companies in the UK pay for it via tax called national insurance), but the fact healthcare is 20% of GDP in the US vs 10% in other developed countries like the UK, yet with worse outcomes. That 10% drag is mostly due to the AMA, pharma and hospital cartels.

@carnage4life can’t believe business doesn’t want this. I guess they see offering terrible health insurance as a hiring tool more than being able to get the expense off their books.

@carnage4life that’s the right message.

@carnage4life Hyundai plant also in Georgia was graced by the visit of ICE, and several hundred Koreans were sent back home.
I wonder if it may have precipitated Marvel's decision.

@carnage4life The US has so many natural advantages that it can afford to be much less efficient than other countries. The size of its market and the vast amount of natural resources made it easy for them to compete internationally, with just a moderate amount of good management. Now that the US has lost the good management part...