[central_va]

f I have a choice between buying an American-made air conditioner for $300 and a foreign-made one for $250, I'll buy the American-made one. But that means there's $50 less for me to spend on something else, doesn't it?

But that is not what is happening. I will give three examples. The Ford Focus, Oreo cookies and Carrier Air conditioners. The production of all of those were off shored to Mexico. All of those products cost exactly the same an they did when they were made in the USA. The difference in labor($3 in Mexico, $30 in the USA) saves about 3-5% of the cost of production and all of that difference goes to the bottom line not into consumer savings.

[Alberta's Child]

Did it ever occur to you that they moved to Mexico for reasons other than lower labor costs?