[Willie Green]

Do you also give them the same credibility when they recommend outsourcing certain tasks to India, China, etc.?

Of course I do.
In the corporate environment within which they work, that would be the logical business decision under current regulatory and taxation conditions. I have never denied that. In fact, that is why I so stridently advocate changing our tax and regulatory policies: so that the Purchasing Managers' analysis would shift to favor domestic supply sources.

[CSM]

Thanks for the direct answer and clarification. What specific changes would you make to the tax and regulatory policies to address these issues?