Well that explains it! Americans have sold out this country to foreign profiteers for the high bid.
They own our money management organizations, our health management organizations, they subsidize our Farm Bill, our Government, they take our products to their countries, mass manufacture them with slave labor and sell them back to us at a price we can afford with each pay check.
 

Brian:

I don't think the situation is quite that drastic, but we have failed to anticipate the possibility of the markets cycling in the other direction. There will be some hard adjustments, but it's not the fault of other counties.

Nor are we unable to endure those adjustments, I believe. Actually, trade helps million in China to finally have a future while they start to consume more and more of what we produce best: financial services, insurance, intellectual property (movies, software), and right now - pork. Lots of it.

Trade will swing from seeming to favor one side to the other, but with minimal government interference, it tends to even out.
 

John,,,,,John,

Do you remember when "Made in America" stood for something more than just our location?

When American Trade Names meant quality you could count on till long after the warranty expired?

When a lifetime warranty meant the lifetime of the buyer, not of the product?

When Quality Control was actually a department within the factory, not overseas someplace?

Ya!,,, I do remember nearly all of Japan wanted to be the American Cowboy, and Russians fell in love with LEVI's, so are you going to be the first in your neighborhood to start a US Farm Dude Farm?

Don't forget the Log Cabin line shack!