
Another one is whether we continue to have an independent business sector in this country at all or whether we farm the entire skill-set out to other countries where the labour is cheaper. As I see it, labour in other countries is getting more expensive by the day and within a few short decades, when you take into consideration increases in fuel and other costs, having an item make in China will be on par with having it made locally. The only thing is, we will have forgotten how to make it because our local industry died at the hands of globalisation. Local independent businesses are the fabric of our community. Without them we'll all end up working for multinational corporations owned by overseas interests.