> If there were two shops offering you the exact same breakfast, but one was charging 50% because it paid its employees more, would you patronise it? I do not

> If there were two shops offering you the exact same breakfast, but one was charging 50% because it paid its employees more, would you patronise it? I do not believe that this situation truly exists, so this argument falls apart for me. Also: many people are willing to pay more for “Made in USA”, even significantly more. Sewing and textile work is definitely more expensive here, and sometimes comparable quality can be found through overseas manufacturing (e.g. Arcteryx, Mystery Ranch). There’s room in the market for both, and the products are different enough for reasons other than some are MIUSA and others are not. In other words, breakfast and coffee are not fungible commodities.