On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:55:20 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

If a fully USA made John Deere tractor costs three or four times that of one
built somewhere in the Pacific Rim, why would anyone buy it?

Exactly right.

The only way to be competetive in a high cost environment is to
automate all of the labor cost out of the product. Unfortunately that
is not always possible or cost effective.