[Turk]

Aumore,

I am far from a knee jerk reactionary to this.
I am very pragmatic about it all.

I work in an industry that is profit driven. I spend every day trying to find a way to put a few more dollars to the bottom line. Unfortunately for me, if the stick maker was a company close to where I sell my goods and the employees all got laid of as a result of this mass exodus of jobs, it would do me no good that the sticks were acquired from a less expensive source if the local stick makers were unemployed and broke and couldn't buy what I sell.

It is a selfish thing more than a flag waiving knee jerk reaction.

Yes I am a first generation immigrant,and have been here 39 of my 58 years. My parents never came. I came solo.

TURK