Buying imports is fine. It's when we don't have equalizing exports that things begin to go haywire. The only thing that we're exporting large amounts of is Treasury Bills.
No buying imports is NOT fine for us, any more. We can no longer affort to pretend things are just fine.
The countries we (should) be exporting to, have been playing us for fools.
Unfortunately, most of our business sector, has obliged.
By being ... fools.