[central_va]

If Apple could make a huge profit manufacturing in the USA, then why don’t they? Answer: they can’t make huge profits, or even any profit, doing that.

You really believe that? The labor per phone is miniscule compared to the total retail price whether it is mad in USA or China or anywhere else.

[dinodino]

Great—then put your money where your big, fat mouth is, and start your own computer company and demonstrate to us.

You really have no idea what the hell you’re talking about. If you *truly* believe regulatory effects have no impact on Apple’s choice to manufacture overseas, you are a complete idiot.