“If one wants to buy an American football that is made in America, then one has to pay over $85 for one. All the common folk Wilson, Rawlings, Spalding, etc. are made in China which bugs me because I like to give American footballs to visiting foreigners and I hate to see that all of them at popular prices are made in China.”
So what would you do?
You could add tariffs, so all the balls were expensive.
You could ban Chinese imports, so all the balls were expensive.
You could support price regulations, which would drive American manufacturers out of business, and all balls would be expensive.
You could vote to cease all redistribution of tax plunder, in which case you would be able to buy American products at low prices.
You choose: do you want welfare, or inexpensive American products; do you want food stamps, or inexpensive American products; do you want thousands of high priced bureaucratic jobs for incompetent bums, or inexpensive American products.
Tough choice, eh?
America could manufacture footballs for under $20 but choose not to do it since they can hedge prices a little more by outsourcing.
Back when Sam Walton was still alive and still working the campaign to “find American quality products” for Walmart one could buy cowboy bandanas that were made in the USA for 99 cents. After Sam died one could buy inferior bandanas made in China for 99 cents. I still have some of the early American made ones that still show more quality than the Chinese ones.