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Good point, Jeff.

It bears repeating that we're talking about very tiny segments of the overall workforce here, with tool and die makers comprising about 1/10th of one percent and engineers not quite one percent. And it's worth noting that these numbers will continue to diminish until we actively create some kind of parity between pay scales at home and abroad.

It's easy to demand that pay be reduced for American workers, as long as they are not members of our own family or community, and provided we can create enough of a straw man to knock about. It may make more sense though, to look at who is profiting by outsourcing, and advocate for a cut in their pay, and correspondingly higher wages for the workers abroad.