China = Lack of Regulation = Low Price to manufacture = Outsourced Jobs = Apple

Apple is only one of many environmentally pious, hypocritical manufacturers.

The plain cruel fact is that greedy manufacturers left the US and EU to go to foreign countries for the lack of environmental regulations and cheap labor.

Until US/EU quality environmental regulations are required worldwide (and enforced), manufacturers have no incentive to come back. Let's face it, China had to close down manufacturing and coal fired power production during the recent Olympics so the air quality was reasonable and it still looked like London in the late 1800's.

The only way to bring back good paying manufacturing jobs our respective countries is to institute an environmental tax along with a wage/benefit differential tariff on goods manufactured overseas.

The only thing these taxes could be used for is to support a competitor who will manufacture locally and abide by our regulations.

Our respective governments have done such a fine job managing their economy's that the wage/benefit differential tariff will probably be unneccessary.

Truth be told, it's LONG past time that we took matters into our own hands and changed the face of government forever. We do not work for them, they are supposed to be working for US and instead they only recognize their corporate campaign contributors.

PLEASE explain to me why any "contract" or legal obligation between the taxpayer and the government, implied or otherwise; would still be valid when our leaders have failed so miserably?

At the very least, they are guilty of theft of services; at most they are guilty of treason.