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Hello *** I do understand the economics of it all. In theory, anyway. However, China does not play by the rules. From what I read, reform is coming awfully slow over there. Wages and conditions may go up slightly in the city, but there are a gazzillion more of them coming from the rural areas. Japan may have "re-engineered" our products when they started thier rebirth after the war, but China just copies anything , and everything, they want. From software to golf clubs to nuclear warheads. And they do **nothing** about it. My brother-in-law and his wife just got back from China with the little girl they adopted (read *bought*) from them, so I watch my mouth. But China is evil, not our friends, and don't care about being a good member of the world community. Japan and South Korea are the opposite of China. Those sweat shops you mentioned that were here at one time sure changed, didn't they? They became somewhat decent paying jobs across our country... footwear factories in New England, clothing mills, all sorts of factory work. If those slave workers in China complain and threaten to stop working, well .... I don't know, I just don't understand what the future holds for my kids, and thier kids. As all these factories close up all across our country, what do these people do? Get jobs at WalMart? Suddenly become EE's? I understand "innovation." We see it in model railroading, I think. NCE and Digitrax are two exapmples. But how many people work at NCE? How many people lost their jobs when the XYZ factory closed down (and XYZ's suppliers and contractors). And all these completely unskilled immigrants we have coming in, what are they going to do to make enough money to become middle class? One hundred years ago, it was my unskilled great grandfather that came here from Italy. But someone had secured a job for him in the Pennsylvania coal mines (Robertsdale, Pa, where the East Broad Top RR hauled coal from), and he got jobs for his sons, and they bought houses and sent their children to college. All these Spanish laborers here in NJ are crowded into apartments and little houses, trying to send money back to thier families. many are just giving up and going back to thier countries. I feel sorry for them. Woah, way too much coffee this morning. Anyway, go to hell Walmart and China. And India is gearing up to do the same damage to us. I guess we all could work for the government. Those tox dollars just seem to grow on tress behind city hall. Jim
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