[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

It looks like it was 1975.

So we should be so lucky to have it like it was in the '70s and we will be better off to have the lifestyles that the Chinese, Japanese, and German economies afford their citizens? No thanks. If having a balanced trade means earning less, higher taxes, and paying more for home-grown goods (like EU), I'll pass. Hasn't exactly worked out so well for them, since they can't even afford their own goods.

[Golden Eagle]

If having a balanced trade means earning less...

FYI median income in the US has been down the last several years...

Since 2000, the median household income has declined consistently in real terms, down $971, $502, and $63 in 2001, 2002, and 2003, respectively, for a cumulative loss of $1,535—a 3.4% drop—over these years.