The US has exported these items that have been made cheaper.
All of our cars and computers and such left made here are basically going up. We have energy, taxes, regulations (pollution, etc.), and much more layered on top of us. We have to eliminate these and charge other countries for their missing costs that we have to bear. When we change this, we will have more competition in our country occur, as we did under computer companies and car companies.
Did you work for the Bushes? LOL.