[1rudeboy]

We cannot export things to poorer nations that cost more to manufacture here then everywhere else, and most of our things do.

Wow, that's a whole lotta' nuthin' . . . last year, almost 1030 billion dollars' worth of goods.

[bill1952]

Are you deliberately obtuse? did you read the post?

[snowsislander]

... last year, almost 1030 billion dollars' worth of goods.

Even better, we are ahead of the export pace from the same year-to-date figures in 2006: currently, we are at $753.4 billion as of August, 2007; last year, as of August, 2006, we were at $675.7 billion. That augurs well for this being another record year for exporting goods. That's a strong increase of 11.5% over last year at this time.

Also, imports are not up by the same percentage; the year-to-date figure for the import of goods as of August, 2007, was $1,272.6 billion; imports for the same period in 2006 were $1,227.2. That's an increase of only 3.7% for imported goods.