Opinion of the Issue, part 25

[Lunar]

Of course.  I'd be in favor of the government subsidizing certain industries that have external benefits if they are located inside the US.  Silicon Valley would be a more complicated example, but a more clear example is that the US gets extra benefits if industries critical to a war effort are not import-dependent (arms is obvious, steel?).   I'll leave that up to the economists.

And of course, taking efforts to make sure our workers are competitive and more productive wouldn't be a bad thing to do (retraining programs, education) so that workers in outsourced industries can find work in industries other countries are outsourcing to the US (airplane construction, chemicals, etc).

But yes, private enterprises should be able to build the parts or the product elsewhere and import it as long as the other country is affording us the same rights and like basic stuff like that.

[Lunar]

I was going to vote "Yes", but what if the work is being outsourced to a place/situation with ridiculous conditions (say, sweatshop conditions)? 

Well, couldn't we create international law?  The free market will force businesses to relocate to the places of their competitors if their competitors are making money.  And regardless of what U.S. law says.