[ninenot]

If you're only capable of doing the inept level of work that Chinese workers perform at, why should you be paid top dollar for it?

You must have been missing in action for the last, oh, 10 years.

The Chinese are using exactly the same machinery and equipment as is used in US plants; thus, for practical purposes, their production capabilities are identical to ours.

The ONLY difference (outside of the shipping) then, is the cost of labor.

And the argument here is that 'offshoring' manufacturing to arbitrage labor costs is destructive to America--and CERTAINLY to American workers.

Unfortunately, this is a political question which Bush simply cannot address without namecalling, and Kerry--well, he has at least 12 positions on the issue, but NONE of them suggest that offshoring is to be halted.

[Poohbah]

The Chinese are using exactly the same machinery and equipment as is used in US plants; thus, for practical purposes, their production capabilities are identical to ours.

OK. Then what you're telling me is that the American worker is unable to produce a travel alarm clock that will survive a trip in my luggage, either.

Fine. I'm still not going to pay him more than the product is worth.