Apple Should Assemble and Produce All Products in the United States

“Although insourcing the production and assembly of Apple products would cause the prices of Apple to rise, the following that Apple has acquired and the uniqueness of their products would keep their sales. This would also appeal to people within the United States, especially as the debate over insourcing v. outsourcing has become so prevalent, and potentially attract buyers.”The key word in this passage is potentially. There is no guarantee. On the other hand, as is shown all throughout Pro’s first paragraph, Apple’s stock has been rising, as well as profits, for years. Apple knows that it will make money if it continues doing what it is doing today. There is no promise that Apple will do as well or better if it insourced nearly every job. But, there is evidence to suggest, which is lacking on Pro’s side, that Apple will continue making more money by having thousands of workers in other countries. As I previously stated in my other speech, it is not in the best interest of Apple or the world if Apple started to produce and assemble all products in the United States.“In recent years, it has become less profitable to outsource production and assembly to countries such as China. Recently, Apple has announced that they will start manufacturing a new line of Macs in the US instead of China. China"s wages have been going up, making it less cost effective to have Apple products manufactured there.”It has becoming less cost effective to produce products in China, but not less cost effective than in America. It will be a very long time where the wages of any Chinese Foxconn worker exceed or equal that of an American worker. But, the Pro argument is taking something out here. Pro wants to move every last instance of production and assembly to the United States. Not just the new line of Macs.“Bringing back jobs to the United States would potentially boost the country"s economy, allowing for more potential profits, opportunities and investors.”I will quote myself from earlier. “The key word in this passage is potentially. There is no guarantee.” What if Apple starts losing profits, and the company goes bankrupt because they moved every instance of production and assembly to the US? What if Apple starts raising the prices of all of its products, and no one buys them anymore? What would that do to the economy? Opportunities? Investors? “Ultimately, moving the production and assembly of Apple products to the United States could help Apple, by gaining a wider consumer base, and the United States as a whole, as the insourcing of one of the country"s most wealthy companies would provide a large boost to the economy.”I do not want to repeat myself. The entire Pro argument is based off multiple What-If scenarios that are not even likely to occur. But, in the opposite way, the Con argument is based off evidence and fact. Apple has done amazingly well globally because of the way it has done business. Changing that, and going for a large risk which has little to no chance of success, is not a good idea. The Pro argument is based off of faith that the consumer base will stay, and wishful thinking.By moving every single instance of production and assembly in other countries and continents, the cost would be too great. The company’s costs would rise. The product’s costs would rise. The shareholders would be furious. Apple may even go under. Therefore, moving all of the production and assembly of Apple products would be ultimately detrimental to the company and to the world economy.