That's when a smart businessman might invest in production tools and train lower paid flunkies to operate them and do the repetitive work. Mike might hire some high school drop out (in urban America that's about 40% of the total) who would do just about anything to work in a cool shop where they got trucks with big tires. Of course then the guy would get his first paycheck and get mighty drunk and start showing up only about 4 days a week and late for work most days at that. Then Mike would have to fire the guy and hire a mexican who would be glad to work six days a week, 10 hours a day because he has a strong work ethic and is trying to live the American dream, something that "regular" Americans aren't much into any more. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/ignore.gif" alt="" /> In the mean time the first guy would go to the state labor board to get a free lawyer to sue Mike for wrongful termination, to get back pay, punitive damages and to get Mike to pay for help for his "substance abuse" problem.

I just realized, a smart businessman wouldn't try to manufacture anything in America, he would have the stuff manufactured in China.

Matt