I watched an episode of "The Sharks", the show were folks with ideas for business start ups or expansion make a pitch to four successful entrpenuers. A fellow came to them with an idea to manfacture an accessory rack for trucks. His goal was to make it in his home state that had been hit hard by unemployment, and made a really emotional appeal to them to make it in the U.S.A. They were all for his product, but when it came down to the price point, they argued that making it abroad to keep cost of manufacture down would allow for expansion of a sales and distribution network here, thus opening the possibility to manufacture here as demand for product grew. He refused, and the sharks passed on giving him the money he was seeking. Our economy has become so globalized, and economists will argue that manufacturing is no longer our forte. Apple computer is one example often held up. The hard ware is made overseas, yet the company employs thousands in product developement, sales and distribution. Still, it was sad when shopping with the wife the other night in an otherwise upscale store for our area that the only product I coul find made in the U.S. was Fiesta dinnerware.
