General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Would you buy a $22 American made shovel when an $8 China made one is available? [View all]AZ Progressive
(3,411 posts)So that more of us can be able to afford American made products. It goes back to the lack of unionization in America (the corporate idiots destroyed unions to be able to pay workers less and shipped jobs overseas, yet want people to buy their products, how can they if they can't make the money to pay for them?), free trade (that has destroyed American manufacturing and other industries and has killed the notion of long term job security), as well as the lack of affordable to all access to education ("How dare anyone get a free education!" - conservative idiots) since more education means accessing higher paying jobs. Other factors include the higher and higher cost of living and extreme debt (including student loans) that eat away at any disposable income that Americans could have.