Well said.
Problem is we got a mob of crazed fanatics that have renounced the use and authority of reason. They say their silly "trade deficit" numbers ship jobs overseas and when they see how jobs increase w/ the TD they say all the numbers are meaningless. They say the TD numbers mean money leaves the U.S. and when you show them that it doesn't they say the gov't stats are all lies --all except the TD. This is actually a problem we've had for hundreds of years:
Do you or do you not agree that the Free Traders have had their way since 1992?
Is the U. S. better off today? Yes or no?
The excrement coming out of the Free Traders mouths these days, is just utterly damnable.
It is those who are making these deals who operate on the lies of trade deficits.
If they want free trade open their borders and we will trade with them.
What the guys who are behind these deals is control of trade, not free trade.