I see another possible future industry brewing in Mexico, that is the making of mobile homes and coaches. They have year round possibilities and abundant labor. Also they have trade deals with China for inexpensive parts that need to be made for these on the road vehicles. I see a problem for the areas of Indiana, the northern areas and parts of TX where coaches are made. Also in the Carolinas, Virginia and Oregon. If these manufacturing facilities move over the border we will lose another round of jobs. Remember when the appliance businesses and furniture businesses moved over the border, followed by automobile factories. Many Mining industries too. NAFTA creates a place for this and our own labor and facilities are not paying attention to it. We now have another reason, the costs of steel and other metals with Import taxes up.

Monterey Mexico has capacity and labor to do these jobs and the parts are cheaper and the railroad delivers. Finishing touches can be done there and the trucks and frames built there, fiberglass and painting laws for environmental issues make it needed, I cannot see a single reason that companies like Winnebago that are hungry to shave price and keep their newly rocketed stock at the all time high after 9-11 as people chose motor homes to travel rather than risk air flight.

The media has scared people into not flying and keeps issuing warnings of terrorism, and the steel prices and other factories that make the chassis are already there or moving there, why wouldn