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People look at all manufacturing jobs disappearing as part of the reason the middle class is dead. Unfortunately, even if all of these jobs came back, few peopl
by BadHumans 2y ago
People look at all manufacturing jobs disappearing as part of the reason the middle class is dead. Unfortunately, even if all of these jobs came back, few people want to pay $70 for a made-in-America shirt.
- throwawaymaths 2y agohm. i wonder. made in usa plain tees are not that expensive (american apparel) and if you mean button up shirt, i paid $100 for a shirt made abroad. i recently bought made in usa undergarments and the quality was better than am undergarment i bought from abroad and the price was comparable
- kube-system 2y agoWhile you can get T-shirts made in USA for reasonable prices, there's not a great selection out there, and you might want to check to see where those American Apparel T-shirts are being made. While they were known in the past for being USA made, they heavily outsource now.: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91Y+xeS+HoL.jpg https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91Y+xeS+HoL.jpg
- rqtwteye 2y agoI think people might if they offered good quality. But that doesn’t seem to be the case with a lot of things “Made in USA”.
- fargle 2y agoin the 1970s or 1980s if a nice dress shirt was $10-15, then it's not entirely a different thing from $70-100 today. it's not a question of "want to pay $70", we'll want to pay the lowest price possible for the equal goods. if the cost of shirts doubled, you might buy less of them and wear them longer. i remember my dad probably had 5 nice dress shirts, two suits and a sport coat. i'd rather have $70 (or $100) shirts and a functioning middle class.