Well, if they're that expensive I guess I just don't need one. Sorry, I'm just not going to get on board with the trashing of America. A country which can't produce it's own goods is doomed because at some point this wonderful Globalism that everyone finds so appealing is going to fail. If we sell our country out for cheap goods then what does that make us? When millions of your countrymen are in the souplines because they can't get a job at Walmart what will you say? I know, I know, they should have gone back to school and tried to snag a job before an H1B worker gets it. Darn those lazy Americans.
Actually, because of globalism, consumers have a wider selection of merchandise at lower prices than at any time in history. That is a good thing.
When millions of your countrymen are in the souplines because they can't get a job at Walmart what will you say?
This is maudlin, silly hyperbole.
The US has the technological capacity to make literally any product that humanity has ever invented. However, it doesn't make sense for us to use our super-duper economy to make shower flip-flops and cheap children's toys. Instead, we build high-technology items that are, in some cases, worth much more per ounce than gold.
Despite the wailings of the nay-sayers, our economy keeps growing and our standard of living keeps improving. And yet, some people are worried because we no longer have a textile industry in this country.