Right, we know the dollar’s losing it’s value because we feeel it and that’s why it’s been devalued even tho the dollar’s soaring on intl markets.
Feelings, ya can’t beat ‘em!
Do you deny that the dollar does not buy as much today as it did 5 years ago? 2 years ago?
Inflation is real, whether you want to admit to it or not. The dollar (and every other form of currency) is losing its value.
A large American manufacturer will know the price of goods he's selling on the international market are going to move higher vs Chinese goods. A company buying Chinese goods knows those goods will be cheaper in American dollars.
On a micro level not much of the savings of this move will be passed on to American citizens... but the effect of losing still more manufacturing jobs will be felt..
I suspect that's why freepers experience this reality differently.