People don ' t send manufacturing overseas just for the hell of it . They do so because A it ' s cheaper and B it encourages those overseas to buy their products . So if we bring it back to the US , what ' s going to happen ? Reason A goes away . The company isn ' t just going to eat that cost , they ' re going to pass it on to the consumer . That means fewer consumers are going to buy the product . Fewer dollars flowing around means the economy slows . Reason B goes away . The company is selling even fewer of their devices overseas . Their cash flow goes down . They downsize . So the economy slows down , which generally means fewer jobs and the company itself slows down , which means fewer jobs . What was the upside again ?