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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I would say that the return of manufacturing to the U.S. is largely wishful thinking at this point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Energy is priced on the world market, so why would cheaper energy cause job growth in the U.S. in particular?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>If energy prices fall for the U.S., they will also fall for China.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Business follows opportunity, and when the third world suddenly was capable of competing for manufacturing, U.S. businesses followed the opportunity to China.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Now the third world is offering another kind of opportunity in the form of a better business climate than the U.S.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The U.S. is facing the prospect of rising taxes and regulations, and this discourages investment, and results in a poorer business climate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I speculate that the impetus that caused jobs to leave for lower wages in the third world will not be nearly as strong as the motivation for jobs to leave for a better business climate outside of the U.S.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, overall, I can’t any reason why business would return manufacturing to the U.S., or even start new manufacturing here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Of course, there will be exceptions here and there, but those do not represent a trend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is an article:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://economyincrisis.org/content/manufacturing-returning-to-u-s"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://economyincrisis.org/content/manufacturing-returning-to-u-s</span></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></span></p>
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