[AFPhys]

Great post. Really puts a lie to those who claim the US is being destroyed by “outsourcing” ... we’ve pretty much simply switched from manufacturing low tech stuff to concentrating on adding value in high tech ways.

[GingisK]

Really puts a lie to those who claim the US is being destroyed by “outsourcing” ...

I just saw what it claimed. There was no proof.

See post #8. Tell us what we are missing.

[Tallguy]

The thing that bothers me is that basically the US does not make consumer products any longer. The stuff we make tends to get exported, meaning it is hostage to the politics of trade with no credible threat of reciprocity if we don't like what the trade "partner" does back.

For instance: Boeing tries to sell air liners to China -- who will weigh buy not strictly based on price or value, but the politics of trade with Europe (Air Bus) versus us (Boeing). Meanwhile Chinese toasters, ski jackets & PC's flow to us unimpeded. We are economic "Big Game" hunters, while China is far less dependent on a single sale or market sector.

I basically come down on the side of "Free Trade", but that doesn't mean I don't worry about it.