I went to our local dollar store today
determined to buy only things made in the U.S.A.
I searched high and low for those
after checking out all of the rows.

I was sad to see American made items are few.
I’m sure most that shop know this is true.
The items made overseas are cheaper for me and you.
Without foreign imports, I wonder, ”What would we do?”

It’s unfortunate that we can’t compete.
Some of their prices are really hard to beat.
Their costs to manufacture are so much less.
Our employee wages and taxes hurt us, is my guess.