I came across the following article in the New York Times:  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all This article is reasonably long, but I highly recommend it, as it gives great insight as to why manufacturing is doomed in the western world, particularly in the US. The destruction cannot be avoided. Action was needed decades ago, but was not taken. … Continue reading LLPOH’s Grim Reality #1