Front wheel bearings, any favorites?

Don't laugh (or hate) but FAG bearing are made in good ol' Joplin, Missouri (among other places, I'm sure).

The problem with outsourcing is that it seems to follow a similar trend:

Company decides to investigate outsourcing (to China, for example)
Company makes friends
Friends make prototype parts and works really hard at it.
Prototype parts look good.
Company goes for it.
Company sends QC guys over to "keep an eye on things". This is cubic dollars.
QC is great, the new guys have this down pat.
Company decides everything is under control, QC guys leave.
Company spends the money saved elsewhere.
New guy falls into old, substandard habits.
QC falls into new, unacceptable levels.
Company no longer has money for QC repair.
Company realizes every competitor is in same boat, so says "**** it."
Consumer gets angry.
Company realizes every competitor is in same boat, still says "**** it."
Consumer runs out of options.
Consumer gets used to it.
Company gets used to it.

And that, ladies and gents, is how the quality of living drops.

As the Chinese get used to making money, they're going to stop working for peanuts and the cost of their goods must rise. Right now, they're capitalizing on a workforce flush with a constant supply of peasants, much like the industrial revolutions in the US and Britain were.
When that supply of hungry, cheap labor runs out, and they have to start meeting safety, health, and cost standards like the rest of the world, their edge will be gone and many jobs will come back to the US, much like the safety and health and wage standards slowed the Industrial Revolution. (It does not help that the Chinese artificially manipulate their money).

The question is: Will the Chinese run out of labor before the US debt comes due and we can maintain our position. This is a close call.

The Hope: They (The Chinese) are in a manufacturing boom (bubble) built on false pretense (manipulated finances). Think: the last time this happened in the US? Housing bust of '08/'09....The upshot: All bubbles burst. We can hope that's true, because that's all I see saving us from this situation.