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host: vincent vittorio, anything relating to your film? guest: going there the first time, it is mind blowing to see this amount of land and huge facilities that look like an apocalyptic ruin. it is really sad. but at the same time, the infrastructure is there and restoring it and trying to do something with it could be worthwhile but it is hard when you are attracting a new leg of manufacturing or growth of something to restore an area like that, specifically detroit. but i think the story does do a good job of showing how -- what happened to detroit and how it could make a recovery but it will never be what it was in the early days. host: dave in morgan hill, california. on the independent line. caller: what is important in all of this is that when people buy something made in america, they look at the "made in america" tags. if you look at the tpp, they try to get the country of origin taken off a product and i think that is important so people can make a decision as to what is best for the country when buying products. host: mr. paul?
host: vincent vittorio, anything relating to your film? guest: going there the first time, it is mind blowing to see this amount of land and huge facilities that look like an apocalyptic ruin. it is really sad. but at the same time, the infrastructure is there and restoring it and trying to do something with it could be worthwhile but it is hard when you are attracting a new leg of manufacturing or growth of something to restore an area like that, specifically detroit. but i think the story...
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Nov 13, 2017
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host: vincent vittorio, anything relating to your film?eet: it is mind blowing to this amount of land and huge facilities that look like an apocalyptic religion. it is really sad. but at the same time, the infrastructure is there and restoring it and trying to do something with it could be worthwhile but it is hard when of are attracting a new leg manufacturing or growth of something to restore an area like that, specifically detroit. but the story does do a good job whatowing how -- of happened to detroit and how it could make a recovery but it will never be what it was in the early days. days in california. on the independent line. caller: what is important in all of this is that when people buy something made in america, they look at the "made in america" tags. if you look at the tpp, they try to get the country of origin taken off and i think that is important so people can make a decision as to what is best for the country when buying products. host: scott paul? guest: i wholeheartedly agree. that transparency is important. and while
host: vincent vittorio, anything relating to your film?eet: it is mind blowing to this amount of land and huge facilities that look like an apocalyptic religion. it is really sad. but at the same time, the infrastructure is there and restoring it and trying to do something with it could be worthwhile but it is hard when of are attracting a new leg manufacturing or growth of something to restore an area like that, specifically detroit. but the story does do a good job whatowing how -- of...
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vincent vittorio, the american-made movie.com is the website you can find you more about the film. joy in oakland, democrat's line. go ahead. >> caller: good morning. i think there's a big kind of like going around about it either tax burden or payroll. i worked for a company in oceanside california, very large company. we made supplies and as the ceo what was the biggest burden, tax burden or payable? he said payroll. i also worked for the largest hvac plumbing company in las vegas and the ceo of that of thy said the same thing. i haven't done a lot of research but i believe companies are moving overseas because of payroll, not tax burden. i'd like your opinion. tragic it's a good question, and manufacturer is not a model. every company is different. in some cases energy costs are the primary driver of the cost structure for a company. in other cases you're right it's labor cost. the united states while our tax code isn't perfect, if you look at the overall tax burden of many of our companies it's comparably lower. with a much different system where we don't have what's called val
vincent vittorio, the american-made movie.com is the website you can find you more about the film. joy in oakland, democrat's line. go ahead. >> caller: good morning. i think there's a big kind of like going around about it either tax burden or payroll. i worked for a company in oceanside california, very large company. we made supplies and as the ceo what was the biggest burden, tax burden or payable? he said payroll. i also worked for the largest hvac plumbing company in las vegas and...