I have always said when you buy and run a business -- a manufacturing business -- there are times when outsourcing is almost a guarantee -- as you can triple your profits without tripling your overhead. And if you are going to outsource you have to get your head on straight about how other countries do business. And after 30 years of outsourcing, my favorite country to outsource to has always been -- hands down -- Mexico, and not China.

Why?

Well, first of all -- and this is not a knock of the Chinese people, but an observation of their overall business culture where they play by a completely different set of rules than we do in the U.S. -- if you have a proprietary product, in China they're going to steal it within one hour and they