You have to admit, I wasn't posting stuff from the Daily Kos. If Forbes or The National Review publishes content with an anti-Trump bias, you have to wonder about him.

Anyway, I'm not sure any President will be in a position to bring jobs back from overseas, at least in any meaningful number. It was a business decision to offshore them, it'll have to be a business decision that brings them back. Business may have to place an importance on the national good that puts it on par with the demands of both investors and customers. Personally, I don't see that happening. Those who try--and by doing so incur higher costs--will be greedily devoured by the predators.

I'd pay a premium price for American-made goods, in fact I have, as I'm sure others here have as well. I'd be surprised, though, if such "protest buying" has much of an impact. It flies in the face of basic economics, so it's likely to remain an oddity.

I'm not sure I agree with the article when it asserts that "pay isn't the biggest obstacle." It is, at least, a pretty damn important issue. Years ago I worked (in a distributed environment) with a team of programmers in India and found them to be every bit a match for American programmers---yet they cost the company about a fourth as much as a domestic coder. Tell me that's not going to prey mightily on a manager's mind.

So would I work for a fraction of what I've typically made in the past? Yes, I would, but personally I've never measured job satisfaction in dollars. Besides, my wife's an RN and her salary eclipsed mine a long time ago (as it should have). Try offshoring *her* job...