I don't see why you're being downvoted. Regardless of whether it's good or bad, regulations on resource extraction, manufacturing, wages, unions, pollution, amo

I don't see why you're being downvoted. Regardless of whether it's good or bad, regulations on resource extraction, manufacturing, wages, unions, pollution, among many other business practices are the reason why those jobs went abroad as soon as other countries stabilized with their own market economies. Even the most mundane industries were operating in the US just fine up until the mid 1900s. You can rightfully critique and regulate the golden goose, but there is a point at which it becomes incapable of producing as many golden eggs as other countries.