Take a flat screen TV that costs $500.00. How many man-hours do you think went into that mass produced TV? If there is one man-hour I'd be shocked. So an American gets 30.00/hr to make TV's so now it costs $530.00. More but not that much more. Plus energy and shipping costs go down for domestic factories.
Maybe, but I would think there would be more additional costs than just the $30/hr for the one man hour. Companies’ plants would have higher construction and maintenance costs, due to more stringent US building codes. Employee benefits would also likely be more costly. I kind of doubt that the additional cost per TV would only be $30.