Posted on 10/10/2013 6:41:07 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network
"The new data show that consumer demand surged in the United States just as it lagged in the European Union and China. The value of goods and services imported to the U.S. increased to $228.6 billion, while exports dipped to $189.4 billion."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/china-drives-uptick-in-us-trade-deficit-96257.html#ixzz2hKHVkSeH
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Stop importing everything.
Increase Taxes on foriegn manufactured goods to punish Americans for being more effective in other industries!
Increase taxes on foriegn manufactured goods to raise more money for the welfare state!
Dragoon citizens from their preffered jobs and chain them to the manufacturing floor!
Well thanks, but how about increase taxes on foreign manufactured goods to pay down our 17 trillion dollar and growing, federal trade deficit?
Just saying.
Bring back the textiles industries and make grandma sew pajamas for Walmart!
Your turn. ;-)
Because taxes aren’t high enough yet!
Well to start with, now almost all computers, and virtually all tablet PC’s are made in China.
As are almost all the things to buy in almost every store everywhere.
We need to bring back US manufacturing.
Bring buggy whip manufacturing back to the States. Change is intolerable!
Silicon Valley programmers unite and take back the jobs in metal bending! Cut steel, note code!
I think we’re ok in the buggy whip industry, all the same.
But we really, really need to stop sending everything everywhere else to make, and to sell.
We need to make things.
Right here.
I’m totally agreeing with you, including all of the logical positions that accrue to your argument.
Trade deficit, and budget deficit.
See that is the part which is causing so much trouble now. Our trade deficit is every bit now as big a problem, as our budget deficit.
We run a huge and increasing trade deficit.
Neither party seems to see that as an issue. It is an issue, and growing.
Bring back American industry.
Bring back Agriculture Jobs to America!
Over 90% of Americans used to be employed in Agriculture.
I yearn for the days when we had enough jobs in Agriculture.
Send College Graduates to the fields with hoes!
< / Pol Pot >
Of course when you take his argument to its logical conclusion, it sounds silly.
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