Newsflash, noob--US workers are more productive, work more hours, and take fewer vacation days than just about, well, ANYBODY in the industrialized world. Only Japan has fewer national holidays, but then again, a lot of people here don't get days like MLK Birthday, Columbus Day, etc., off.
The only downside to the US worker is the cost of labor, but then again, when products are made in China by guys who are in sweatshops making less than a buck an hour, kinda hard to undercut that, now ain't it?