Sure, if your taste in clothes is graphic t-shirts and ill-fitting work jeans. Quality clothing costs more than it used to, and it's harder to find locally because Walmart won't sell anything that they can't discount the hell out of.

If you go to Macy's for example you still can get apparel at the same price as Walmart (on sale).

Carter's for children and infants is actually cheaper in the Carter's store than the Carter's sold at Walmart.

Competition lowers prices and makes stores and manufactures find new ways to make things cheaper. All to the benefit of consumers.

I look at my phone Bill to realize how ridiculous the pricing is. Pay $100 for two phones. Twenty five years ago a $40 phone bill would call for a family meeting.

So as Walmart and others helped bring down lower prices other areas suck up the savings

> Competition lowers prices and makes stores and manufactures find new ways to make things cheaper. All to the benefit of consumers.

In the clothing industry this was mostly achieved by shipping manufacturing to Asia or Central America, and paying slave wages. It hasn't been great for the environment either.

You had 2 mobile phones 25 years ago, for $40 per month?

Lol. Uh. No. Landline.

Just the inflation would make $40 something like $80 today, no?