It's so very frustrating we arent competitive in smaller ticket items, notice I didn't write "can't be" competitive, it's "aren't".
We do so many thing right. Heck, aftermarket motorcycle stuff just for an example, there are many, many of them and blaming China (used to be Japan ) doesn't cut it.
Airplanes. Aerospace. We can do SO much right. Illegal immigration, Union thimble brains,lousy parents raising clueless children ad nauseum have all worked together to put us where we are.
Get this for an example of what we can do.I needed packing tape. 3M (now there's a company !) has this packing tape that says "no scissors,knife or any cutting edge required." Heck it even says "Made in the USA".
BUY IT. Looking at it theres nothing obvious I could see, no lines to easily tear, nothing. You can pull this stuff tight laterally, as long or short as a piece as you want till you're blue in the face and it holds.
Then you take 2 thumbs and 2 index fingers and gently tear down , and I mean gently is all required, and it just tears straight and true as you could imagine.WOW.
Easily amused ? Sure. Also when I need something and 3M makes it it goes in my basket. Doug