Have never been in a Dollar store and only ever in a Walmart once - the only people smiling were the two old geezers greeting folks at the main doors.
The company whose shirts I always bought back in Canada had a motto - No one ever regretted buying quality - and their shirts definitely were. Mostly you get what you pay for. I would never buy cheap tools they will bite you sooner or later.
Free trade is fine if it's free on both ends, or there needs to be a tariff as an equalizer.
__________________ The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite. Thomas Jefferson