re: It also says a lot about... OK, but
If US goods had been the same since the '80s, the U.S. would have been the better of it. Most of US goods aren't made in the USA anymore, not since the '80s.
A good friend of mine had her sculptures displayed (some of which I helped her on) in our regional art show and she said that they were photographed. She feared that foreign markets would 'cash in' on her wares and everyone elses that was displayed.
It was 50/50 in the eighties and even nineties. I'm afraid that Reagan's and even Nixon's dream for fair trade have gone amock.
Sorry, SDAI I'll agree with you up to a point.