Right. I'm with you. Cheaper is always better. If we can save a few pennies here and there to pinch in our decadent fingers, who gives a crap about being a technologically strong nation? Who cares about being even a strong nation? Hell, who even cares about being a nation, as long as I can keep more of my money for myself? Hey, we're alike, you and I. Money, money, money, the soul and center of everything...
"Better and cheaper" doesn't mean "Cheaper is always better."
Value and price don't mean the same thing.