There’s been dozens of posts over the last year about Made in USA. We all talk about it and want it but the fact is we are addicted to cheap goods. Supply/demand and market value of labor is being rebalanced aggressively. Labor and wages are the big topic. Lots of people blame unions, socialism, illegal immigrants, or whatever boogie man they come up with. Many people still blame unemployment benefits even though 25 states ended the federal benefit months ago. My feeling is that many business owners will either suffer or go out of business because either they can’t make their bottom line work paying higher wages, or instead of raising their company wages to compete, they will shutter. One thing that is happening is people of color who historically took the low wage jobs are looking around and realizing they would rather make $20 at Amazon than work in the ship yard or factory for $15 an hour. Big corporations are now so rich they can hire anyone they want.