I posted on this a few weeks ago when it apeared in the WSJ. This is a purely American company creating purely American JOBS. 580 skilled American JOBS. The Carterbama administration sends in the SWAT team like they are drug dealers, instead of sending the SWAT team after drug dealers.
One of the accounts I read pointed out that Gibson is a NON-Union shop, and was importing the same wood as competitive shops that are Unionized...and untouched by the Lacy enforcement. Who would have thunk!
Even tree huggers say Gibson is environmentally responsible: "Scott Paul, a Greenpeace official in New York responsible for forestry issues, said Gibson for years has done "great work" to promote better forestry practices."
Looks like the easiest way around the suspicious enforcement by the Carterbama would be to have these guitars made with the SAME wood in China, then imported to the US. That would be perfectly legal. Score: 580 Fewer American JOBS, but who's counting anyway?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903895904576542942027859286.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2011/09/28/feds-to-gibson-give-us-more-wood.html?ana=e_pft