Actually Saxtron, please re-read the first third of my post, and you'll see that I did not say it was "fair game" or right, or any of that. To the contrary, I said that yes, it is LEGAL, but NOT MORAL OR ETHICAL, but is made OK by the wording of trade agreements by lawyers (i.e. Loopholes!) NO, I do NOT agree with the practice (thought I made that VERY clear), and if you've read any of my previous posts about outsourcing of manufacturing to Mexico or worse China, then you'll know where I stand on that, VERY VOCALLY AGAINST it, but also I'm a realist enough to realize that what is going to happen is going to happen, whether good or bad. This thing in general is like the Titanic, you can see the catastrophe coming in the near future, but by God, no matter how hard you try to steer away from it, it's going to happen. And that is how I feel about this whole issue. I can ****** and moan till my dying breath, but business and politicians are going to take care of themselves first, and working people DEAD last!!!! And don't let that "Made in the USA" crap touted by American manufacturers blind you, cause manufacturing jobs are leaving every single day by these self-same companies (just look at ANY Maytag, and rest assured despite their adverts, they were NOT made in their plant in Galesburg, IL, but in Mexico or China (would be hard to have them manufactured in Galesburg since they sold the plant out!) Please don't confuse realism with approval, they are very different. My point is that there are no real alternatives, not Harley, not Norton (not made in England, when or if they start making them). In fact, the only really honest players in the field ARE the Japanese, they proudly advertise that they mvoed production here, not quietly hide the fact while advertising the opposite like Harley-Davidson does!
