Much as I'd like that, being an American and all, two things:

1.  Line6 Is an American company.  Americans worked on and designed the models and the amp.

2.  Exactly how much do you want your amp to cost?  American labor ain't cheap.

I think your point should be made in Washington DC and in local governments. Almost nothing is made in the US these days. Any company that tries find themselves in regulation hell and finds they can not compete with their competitors that build overseas where the labor costs are lower and there is no regulation.

Be happy Line 6 is an American company that does hire people!

The US finds itself in the unfortunate position of having labor that has, to a great extent, priced itself out of most manufacturing line jobs for consumer grade goods.  I work for a huge manufacturer of consumer grade (as well as business grade) IT products.  The majority of our consumer grade products are made overseas as well.  While I am extremely unhappy about this, The realities of corporate competitive business in the West dictate this to be the new norm.

There are several factors that have contributed to this, including (in no particular order):

Unionized labor (which today has much less of an impact than the next three);

Access to low priced global workforces in underdeveloped countries,

Increasing pressure from corporate shareholders to increase profits,

Competitive pressure to keep prices low, which forces company executives to search for low cost labor.

In addition to consumer goods manufacturing, we have also seen this rampant in the service support sector, where live customer support has been sent offshore to countries like, Mexice, Costa Rico, and India.

It has been proven time and again that buyers will gravitate to lower priced goods over apparantly similar quality goods that are manufactured domestically.  Line 6 would sell a lot less of their stuff if they made it all domestically, and had to charge 50% to 75% more just to cover the increased cost of labor.  Would YOU want to pay that kind of difference?

There IS a price associated with this though, and that price seems to be a general lowering of quality standards, and lax, or non-existant QA processes.  Shipping a certain amount of defective product, and exchanging it for, hopefully, one that works properly, seems to be an acceptable price to pay today.  The consumer pays for it through a gamble with quality, and the manufacturer pays for it through higher exchange rates and customer dissatisfaction.

Just a side note, globalization of labor has nothing do do with Marxist ideals of "sharing the wealth."  It is more in line with Capitalist principles of money chasing the best prices for resources.  Some of these countries, price their labor unrealistically low by paying what amounts to slave wages, and manipulating their currency to keep themselves unfairly competitive.

I would love to see Line 6, as well as the company I work for, do more of their manufacturing domestically, but I just don't see that happening.  The genie is absolutely out of the bottle.

My $.02 USD