[snowsislander]

The U.S. broke its monthly export record at least twice last year.

Yes, 2004 should prove to have been our best year ever for exports, beating out even 2000.

Here are the Census Bureau's numbers for the first 11 months of 2004, and for all of 2000:

Trade with World (seasonally adjusted) : 2004

NOTE: All figures are in millions of U.S. dollars.

Month	Exports	Imports	Balance
January 2004	62,660.0	111,033.0	-48,373.0
February 2004	65,898.0	114,453.0	-48,555.0
March 2004	68,474.0	118,405.0	-49,931.0
April 2004	66,898.0	118,714.0	-51,816.0
May 2004	69,631.0	119,891.0	-50,260.0
June 2004	65,715.0	123,546.0	-57,831.0
July 2004	68,232.0	121,953.0	-53,721.0
August 2004	68,846.0	124,712.0	-55,866.0
September 2004	70,181.0	123,869.0	-53,688.0
October 2004	70,128.0	128,998.0	-58,870.0
November 2004	67,467.0	130,368.0	-62,901.0
TOTAL	744,130.0	1,335,942.0	-591,812.0

• 'TOTAL' may not add due to rounding.
• Table reflects only those months for which there was trade.
• CONTACT: Data Dissemination Branch, U.S. Census Bureau, (301) 763-2311
• SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, Data Dissemination Branch, Washignton, D.C. 20233

Trade with World (seasonally adjusted) : 2000

NOTE: All figures are in millions of U.S. dollars.

Month	Exports	Imports	Balance
January 2000	62,543.0	93,900.0	-31,357.0
February 2000	62,409.0	95,901.0	-33,492.0
March 2000	63,135.0	99,176.0	-36,041.0
April 2000	63,814.0	99,242.0	-35,428.0
May 2000	63,632.0	99,651.0	-36,019.0
June 2000	65,997.0	103,019.0	-37,022.0
July 2000	65,711.0	103,349.0	-37,638.0
August 2000	67,763.0	103,665.0	-35,902.0
September 2000	67,562.0	106,396.0	-38,834.0
October 2000	66,845.0	106,056.0	-39,211.0
November 2000	66,691.0	103,993.0	-37,302.0
December 2000	65,816.0	103,673.0	-37,857.0
TOTAL	781,918.0	1,218,021.0	-436,103.0

• 'TOTAL' may not add due to rounding.
• Table reflects only those months for which there was trade.
• CONTACT: Data Dissemination Branch, U.S. Census Bureau, (301) 763-2311
• SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, Data Dissemination Branch, Washignton, D.C. 20233

[JFK_Lib]

OK, lets imagine that your household income was $74k a year, but you spend $133k each year.

What eventually happens?

Year after year, your debt builds up till, finally, one day, creditors say, 'Whoa! Pay up on what you owe before we sell you any more credit!'

That is when the panic on the currency may start.

Our economic debt is about 80% of our income.

That is a disaster long due.