Outsourcing creates hazards to U.S. consumers, economy

Outsourcing creates hazards to U.S. consumers, economy: "Currently, Americans are paying for inferior products that pose hazards to their children, their pets, and to themselves. A lesser, but still important, result of our willingness to give away a manufacturing base is the long-term effect on our own economy. Good jobs disappear, along with the buying power and tax base that goes with those jobs.

Just drive through what we used to call a mill town back in the Southeast and see what closing cotton mills has done to downtown businesses. ....An even better option is to find ways to maintain our own manufacturing base, keep plants operating in this country, and keep people employed."

Well said.