[Toddsterpatriot]

Nobody is buying American made products.

Do you realize how ridiculous you sound? Last year the US exported over $800 billion in goods. I guess it takes a whole lot of nobodies to buy $800 billion in goods that we don't produce anymore?

[SandyB]

Do you realize how ridiculous you sound? Last year the US exported over $800 billion in goods

Do you know how ridiculous you sound? Our trade deficit was almost $700 billion last year, and will soon be over $800 billion. Next year we will actually be borrowing more than we export.

[SandyB]

http://www.americaneconomicalert.org/ticker_home.asp

$346,221,282,906.18

The number above represents the U.S. trade deficit, up until this second, for the year 2005. A trade deficit is a calculation of the difference between the goods and services Americans sell to foreigners and the goods and services that Americans purchase from foreigners