[DuncanWaring]

Here’s a whole flock of BOOTS for under the $199 you conjecture for SNEAKERS:

http://www.midwestboots.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=USA&gclid=CKziz9Pi0qwCFTABQAodhhGWxw

Fifty years ago I generally wore Chippewa hiking boots that cost the equivalent of 200 gallons of gasoline.

These boots are generally a quarter of that.

[federal__reserve]

I have never owned boots. It is either good sneakers or leather dress shoes. But the boots which look reasonably good and comfortable in your catalog are $175 and up.

I can buy a more comfortable looking and more attractive (in my eyes) imported pair of boots for $75.

http://www1.macys.com/shop/product/skechers-shoes-westlee-leather-boots?ID=563735&cm_mmc=Google_Feed_pla_pe-_-adtype-pe-_-target-0-_-kw-women’s%20leather%20boots&ctype=2

The sneakers are great for every day running around, and are so comfortable. Every Nike pair I own is made somewhere else. So are my golf shoes. My dress shoes are made in Italy. Just bought a pair of very warm slippers with fur lining and suede leather exterior, made in China, of course, for 20 bucks.

Again, let us not get away from the main point...which is for items which require low tech manufacturing is much cheaper to import. Free trade is the way to go, so long as it is fair trade.