Come on guys! Please refrain from stinking up this thread with that old "sweat shop/child labor/shoulda, coulda been made in USA crap". I'll make it short and sweet: The people manufacturing ARF's, where ever they may be, are doing it to make a living to support their families. We do it every day, it's called going to work. If you shop at Walmart, K-Mart, Target, Home Depot, Lowes, etc, etc, you are supporting the very same type of laborors; working in the very same countries, I might add. Why so many ARF's? That's easy, we are too busy/lazy to build our own stuff. If ARF's were built in the USA, most would be B*TCHIN' about how much they cost.

rainedav- Obviously you've never done any production work. I'd venture to guess there are several 10's of thousands of textile and furniture factory workers right here in N.C. who would LOVE to have back their MUNDANE factory jobs. Imagine nailing together chair frames on the line for 35 years. Or gluing up door skins. Or stuffing chair cushions. Or knitting socks. Sewing button holes. I could go on and on....... Almost seems unethical to buy a rocking chair for the front porch now, don't it?