Reply by David Craig

Good points Charlie. And with the higher price tag that overseas tools are going to have, the price gap between American and foreign made tools should decrease a little (2nd generation Chinese are getting a taste of capitalism and they are not as content with working for nothing). I, myself, hope this encourages more American manufacturing and that maybe we can get out of the rut of just being a consumer nation. Now I am moving to an insanely optimistic viewpoint :) As far as the products from foreign factories go, I have been really getting into the Ridgid line and I can’t get over how solid some of their tools feel in my hand.

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