> Cheap goods are not part of the American Dream The difference in manufacturing between a $100 and $500 jacket is like 20-30 bucks of material and labour. Pat

> Cheap goods are not part of the American Dream The difference in manufacturing between a $100 and $500 jacket is like 20-30 bucks of material and labour. Patagonia boxer and dollar store boxer like $2. Occasionally you have products like $4 costco wool socks with same performance as $40 darn toughs. Reality is US can fill their big houses with cheap, none crap, but brand extraction,market segmentation etc.