“Walmart sells US-made goods. Takes some looking, though.”
You can’t have your cake and eat it too. You want cheap products, want it American made, and the American workers paid high wages. Nope. Pick only 2 of 3.
You want cheap products and American made. Sure. But be prepared for the American workers to be paid peanuts.
You want cheap products and American workers paid more. Sure. But be prepared for non-American made.
You want American made and American workers paid more. Sure. But be prepared to pay for more.
I hope you are not trying to put words in my mouth. It’s not a requirement to pay US workers so-called “high wages” if the tax regimen and the regulatory regimen were low (certainly absent at the federal level) and thus reduced the cost of living, never mind retained the value of the dollar. Not to mention there is a difference between “cheap” (ill-made) and “affordable”.