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Originally Posted by gideongallery
except the same thing is true with the wages those people are paid.
so that arguement is total BS.
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It's pretty ridiculous of you to stretch the argument that far and I'm sure you're the only one here who sees it this way.
You're so concerned with being right and not admitting that I have a point that you've created this alternate universe where the wages government pays to government workers are inefficient but dollars that corporations invest overseas are good for the U.S. worker.
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Originally Posted by gideongallery
simple math
(exports + profits that returned to the head office )- (imports + profits that go out).
Total revenue comming in - total expense going out.
i don't understand why you are to stupid to get that.
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This isn't simple math because you're counting exports twice. To calculate a trade balance you take goods you sell overseas, minus goods you buy from overseas.
If that number is positive you have a trade surplus, if that number is negative you have a trade deficit.
You can add all sorts of other things to the equation again, like you did above, because you don't want to admit you fucked up when saying the U.S. has a trade surplus....but that doesn't change the fact that we have the world's largest trade deficit and have for quite some time.
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Originally Posted by gideongallery
i guess i have to speak to you like a cave man
government fix road 2 years early, roads life 2 years less. government waste money.
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No geico man.
Government fix road that should have been fixed 5 years ago but money not there. Government also build new road that not there before.
Government make good pay job for people build road.
Other people spend less time commute and less money gas for driving on new road.
People with road job spend paycheck at store and store must hire more people. The circle is virtuous, government create demand where there was none as spender of last resort.