[Brian Griffin]

“simply by choosing American made”

I had a rule in the early 1980s that I would pay up to a 10% premium for American-made.

The amount that was paid to grunts for a manufactured product was probably about 10%.

[central_va]

Using the auto as a bench mark, the cost of labor per vehicle is 7-8% using union labor. I consider that the worse case scenaro. So the cost of labor for MASS PRODUCED goods isn the USA is around 6-7%. Very reasonable.

The point is mass produced products minimize labor costs no matter where the product is made. We are talking degress of cheapness.