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Re: Is anything still made in the USA???
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Posted by Davis In SC on January 26, 2005 at 20:57:43 from (152.163.101.7):
In Reply to: Is anything still made in the USA??? posted by JD Freak on January 26, 2005 at 07:12:12:
Lots of interesting posts on this topic.... Bottom line is.. the playing field is not level. I saw a story about workers in China, several had lost both hands in punch-press accidents, & they were tossed out on the street.. Here ,it would have been a million dollar settlement. I have been in the Tool&Die trade all of my working career, now it is not even worth quoting on a job over fifteen thousand dollars, it is going to China. I just have to concentrate on small jobs not worth importing & repair jobs. One day we are going to wake up & find that there are no facilities left to manufacture any products in our country...
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