[Steve Eisenberg]

I hope that corporate America will think twice before exporting anymore jobs.

Fortunately, there is not the slightest chance of this happenning. If we had to pay high US wages for the manufacturing of all the products we use, the third world would be much poorer, we would be much poorer, and US inflation would be out of control.

[bluecollarman]

Actually, I disagree with that. The days of mass-manufacturing in the US may be gone, but lookfor mini-manufactures and home based manufactures to replace a lot of overseas competition, as the process becomes ever more specialized and the cost to re-tool goes up for large production runs.

I have two product lines right now I am looking to manufacture rather than contract out because I can do it better, faster and less expensive. The equipment and technology is becoming less expensive and the prices for overseas production and shipping is going up. Not only that I can control the stock levels more efficiently, keeping more cash.

I really believe we will be returning to the days when there was a blacksmith, shoe maker etc. in every town. They will just be injection mold makers or whatever.

But then, I could be full of it.