[TXBSAFH]

One interesting point on free trade. An aurgument used often by free traitors is that when these jobs go overseas we will get the goods cheaper and that is where the middle class will see a benefit. I noticed something this weekend I went to Home Depot to buy a jig saw for a project I ahve at the house. I was going to buy a Dewalt, but they are now all, or at least the half dozen of their tools I checked are made in Mexico. I asked the tool guy and he told me that recently they shut down their plant in the Mid west and moved their production to Mexico. The price (Dewalts always have been a bit costly, but they WERE the best) is the same. Now price break here. The same thing is happening with Chicago Cuttlery kithen knives. Were made in USA, now made in China. Price still the same.

And as a side note the tool guy told me he would not buy one of the new Mexican Dewalts because the quality had dropped serverly. He said the number of tools returned with defects has more then doubled since their move.

[CSM]

Interesting. The price remained constant, while the continual cost increases drove these companies to look for a way to reduce cost. Must have been a profitability thing, just think, they could have been heroes if they stayed in the US and went bankrupt!