I just watched an excellent Frontline report on how Wal-Mart was forcing its suppliers to move their production to China. The full program should be available online starting Friday for those interested. I highly recommend it.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/
There is just no way U.S. manufacturing can compete with manufacturing in China so companies are being forced to move there or go out of business. As a result, decent paying $15/hour jobs with good benefits are being replaced with Wal-Mart wage service jobs with little or no benefits causing living standards to decline and steadily eroding the middle class. The U.S. trade deficit with China is now approaching $150 billion and it's only increasing.