[DiogenesLamp]

What’s odd is that you think the South paid taxes on their exports. Talk about not understanding how money works.

What is odd is that someone on a conservative website doesn't grasp the fact you don't get imports without exports to pay for them.

Except for rare and temporary exceptions, exports must always equal imports, or you have this thing called a "trade deficit."

But for all intents and purposes, exports = imports.

[Ditto]

What is odd is that someone on a conservative website doesn't grasp the fact you don't get imports without exports to pay for them.

I don’t know or even care where you studied economics, but your statement above is absolutely false. It’s nice to have them in balance, but it is not a requirement.

Now again I ask, how did the South pay 72% of taxes. How do you conger that number.