[billyboy15]

But we import a HUGE % of what we as consumers buy and consumer spending is fully 2/3 of our economy.

[central_va]

But we import a HUGE % of what we as consumers buy

The math doesn't work. 2/3 of $22T is $14T. we import $2T, not all of which is consumer goods. But let say for the sake of argument the $2T we import is all consumer goods. The percent is 2T/14T = 14%. 14% is a lot but not mind blowing.