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It's more than just the free market... companies switched their plants to china, bangladesh, etc to increase their profits. The only people who make out when that happens is the upper management of the company.

I actually look at the labels and buy american goods when possible. It's just not that easy to do anymore.

But often the quality isn't the same. Those cheap ass DVD players or tv that Wal-Mart sells that are made over there, often are 30% less, but they break down twice as often.

The last time I did this was on a DVD player, and I just quit doing that. I paid $89, but it only lasted 10 months.

Wal-Mart sells cheap crap. It would be the equivalent of us shutting down every gourmet restaurant in this country, and then replacing it with $3 for all you can eat buffets. Yeah, you might get "more" food, and for cheaper, but it really hasn't improved your quality of life one bit. You are fat, and eating crap.

I encourage everybody to look at the price of things at a place like Wal-Mart, and picture that this price came after accounting for labor, materials, shipping, wholesaler mark up, wal-mart mark up, and Wal-Mart is still making a good profit on it. If you try to do the math on these products, you have to know that something is being short changed. Labor is not the only place where quality is being shortchanged. Materials, quality control are as well.