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    LL>> If Americans have no jobs and are unable to buy anything   
    LL>> it won't really matter where a product is made, or what the   
    LL>> cost of that product might be.   
      
    JM> But 92%, +/- of Americans DO have jobs. A 10 times increase   
    JM> in cost for those will result in disaster.   
      
    A 10 times increase on a fairly small portion of products won't   
    be bad at all. BTW, 51% of the population is employed. 58.5% of   
    those considered of working age.   
      
    This country still produces most of what it consumes, and most   
    of what it produces is services rather than goods. Even of goods   
    a large portion, if not the majority, is produced here.   
      
    92% of the workforce is employed.   
      
    Add in the nearly 4 million available for work but counted as   
    out of the workforce and you get just under 90% employed. Which   
    is just over 10% unemployed. That's enough to bring down the   
    wages of those employed.   
      
      
      
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