[CrucifiedTruth]

So, we import everything and export little pieces of green paper. Useless for anything except buying stuff. So who gets the short end of that stick? Us? We get cars and stereos and stuff from WalMart.

You need to brush up on that 'economics' thing... We get a few things that end up in the landfills pretty soon. They get
1. Manufacturing plants
2. Knowhow
3. Engineering experience and incentives
4. Employment and financing for their own scientific research
5. Business infrastructure
6. Military use of the obtained technology
7. Political leverage over the US.
8. Weakening of the US economy by extracting the production capabilities out of it. .
9. The interest on those "little pieces of green paper" that you have no idea about

[Toddsterpatriot]

So, we pay the interest with more paper.

Still not worth anything unless they turn around and buy stuff with it.