While its very sad and hard for me when people lose American jobs I cant say I'm surprised. IMO anything Remington I have touched other than the older rem700 rifles are complete crap!! I am not going to spend $600 on a rem700 when I can get a savage that will shoot tighter groups and better CS for $400. Jacking the price up on stuff when the quality isn't there doesn't help matters much.
People complain about the Chevy plant in my state closing. You want $40k for a Chevy Cruze! I am all for higher wages, benefits, etc. but c'mon people you want $40hr and unlimited overtime in your contracts to push buttons. My plant almost went on strike last summer because a guy sitting in an air conditioned office, watching a computer screen and clicking a mouse wanted $35hr instead of $30 and 6-8 weeks vacation. We have fork lift operators who get a full hour or breaks daily, sit around when there aren't orders to be done, air and heat year round, company paid uniforms, boots, 4 weeks vacation, free coffee and yet complain or try and sabotage things every chance they get and then want more $ and eventually the place closes down because they cant afford it anymore or the customer goes elsewhere.