Well, Chrysler is joining the ranks ........................

of outsourcing auto manufacturing http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003501931_chinacar30.html?syndication=rss ....................... this time to China {they've been doing it in Mexico for years} ..................... having been a tiny, peripheral part of a NAFTA joint venture, I'm here to tell ya - the number ONE, MAJOR reason for companies to move manufacturing operations out of the U.S. is the labor costs - all other costs are comparable to doing business here in the U.S. ........................... the "bottom line", dear to the hearts of bean counters/stockholders alike, is being buffed by 'globalizing' our infrastructure ...................... and the piper will demand payment in the not-too-distant future ........................ :(