I live in the "steel valley," where all the union drones are whining about the prospect of Pres. Bush eliminating tariffs against foreign steel. Keep in mind that these guys - with barely a high school education - are making around $80K per year for manual labor jobs. Gee, why do you suppose that Brasilian or Chinese steel is so relatively cheap, and why would U.S. automakers rather buy the foreign stuff?
Maybe it's because they don't have to adhere to the same stringent environmental regulations that are imposed on our domestic industry.
Steel production is NOT a labor intensive industry.
And U.S. steelmaking technology is unsurpassed when measured in terms of tons/employee.
Please learn something about this issue before babbling this nonsense again.