"John R. Carroll" wrote in message
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Ed Huntress wrote:
"Pete C." wrote in message
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Roger Shoaf wrote:

"Randy" wrote in message
news Looks like vise grips will be made in China now, the complete
factory is up for auction. I emailed Irwin to see what they
say. Let's see if they reply.

http://www.bidspotter.com/forms/event.php?event=8079

Thank You,
Randy

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Good grief!

Will nothing be manufactured in the US anymore?

"Social workers" (an oxymoron), the US is very good at producing
"Social workers"...

I can't tell if you're being serious or just garnishing a gripe g,
but, in case you *are* serious, US manufacturing actually hasn't done
badly. Except for the blip caused by the rise in finance, its share
of GDP hasn't declined much. Our total manufacturing output continues
to grow:

http://www.aier.org/research/comment...-manufacturing

What's declined sharply is manufacturing employment -- a product of
continually improving productivity. And consumer product
manufacturing has been moving to low-wage countries for decades. More
of our output has switched to industrial products. (You can get
details on government websites.) Something like Vise-Grips, which are
based on 80-year-old manufacturing technology, are a natural for
low-wage countries to manufacture.

Here's something that seems to surprise everyone: US manufacturing
output lies between 2.2 and 2.5 times that of China.

And they have an order of magnitude or so more employed in that sector.


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John R. Carroll

Right. As our friend Hamei says, who has employed many Chinese manufacturing
workers in China, it takes about 10 Chinese to produce what one American
worker produces.

I think he's exaggerating because they exasperate him. But their
productivity does run between 5% and 10% that of the US.

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Ed Huntress