[Alberta's Child]

You're looking at this from what I call the "Wal-Mart Perspective." You walk through the aisles at your local Wal-Mart or Target store and can't find anything that was made in the U.S., so you assume nothing is made in the U.S.

There's some truth to that, because the economics of using highly-paid American workers simply doesn't make sense when you're producing low-value, expendable consumer products that are sold in massive quantities and aren't intended to last very long. But let's look at a Wal-Mart store in the context of the things that still are produced here in the U.S. -- and maybe even produced in larger quantities than ever before.

1. A Honda Accord that is manufactured in Ohio is worth more than all of the merchandise in any single aisle in your local Wal-Mart store.

2. A John Deere harvester produced in Iowa is worth more than all of the merchandise in the entire store.

3. A Boeing passenger jet produced in Washington is worth more than the entire Wal-Mart store and the property where it is located, including the land, building, and utilities.

[CottonBall]

I hope you arevright.

However there are a lot of foreign-made items in the higher categories ascwell. There are more foreign-made tractors, I’d wager, like Kubota. A quick google shows Deere has some affiliations in China and Pakistan.

Then there is furniture and such. we are remodeling and there are more vanities made in China than here. Hard to believe it’s cost-effective with the shipping.