>It is the most successful social welfare system ever implemented, saving billions and billions of dollars for everyday Americans without costing taxpayers a dime.
Ignoring environmental costs of pushing low quality plastic products that don't last.
Ignoring environmental costs of pushing low quality plastic products that don't last.
It also feels like it's killed any mid-tier options. Everything seems to be "cheap stuff made overseas", "same cheap stuff with a brand name wholly or mostly made overseas", and "expensive, but nice stuff".
E.g. go try to find a set of combination wrenches made in the USA for even triple the price of what you can get at Harbor flFreight.
harbor freight < craftsmen/kodiak < mac/matco < snapon
Each tier gets a little pricer and quality is different at each level.
However I do understand the point you're making and it is valid.
The price difference between Craftsman and matco isn't an option for most consumers.
Wrenches also aren't the best example because they're less likely to fail as well.
People have been complaining about "low quality plastic products that don't last" since I was a boy in the 1960s.