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Originally Posted by Snake Doctor
The U.S. has a trade surplus? So when we buy goods made in other countries it's proportionately neutral? (because they buy as much or more of our stuff as we buy of theirs?)
What the fuck are you smoking? Our trade deficit for Nov 2008 (the most recent month for which data is available) was over $40 billion.
http://www.census.gov/indicator/www/ustrade.html
40 billion deficit, for one month, and that's a typical month, and you think the U.S. has a trade surplus?
I didn't even bother reading the rest of what you wrote because this is so factually inaccurate and flat out stupid that if you believe it's true then nothing else you wrote is worth reading. |
you are an idiot then because i quite clearly gave you an example of what i was talking about with the auto industry and canada.
Let me ask you a question to make that point
does the stats you are using document just the difference between inport and exports (cars and parts in my example) or does it include the transfer of profit back to the head office too.
Re read your data and you can see the difference you moron.
then go back and read what i am saying.