Significantly large Mass tariffs has to be factored in. And they will increase your cost of living no matter what buying choices you make. Much of the items and materials we import doesnt have direct American-made competition, and it takes a long time to shift supply chains or bring manufacturing back to America which likely wont happen at all, much less in the near future. You and I will be paying for these tariffs one way or another. Do some actual research on tariffs before spouting off 3rd grade level takes. They remove competition from the free market and lead to more expensive AND lower quality alternatives. If Chinese tariffed goods increase in price, alternative goods will raise their prices to whatever is still competitive against the new market bottom prices. Being frugal is not going to save anyone from the impacts of mass tariffs.