Originally Posted by Paul Waters

Look at the bright side: Haliburton is doing very, very well.

Normally trade deficits lead to a devaluation of your currency. Bush & Co are not keen on that because oil prices would go up even more.

So they don't react to China and Japan proping up the green back by buying it. Hundreads of billions of them.

With these green backs they are buying you. Slowing but surely, you are becomming owned.

Enjoy.