[Mase]

If left up to the protectionists it would be interesting to see who else they would cut off from our exports. I'm sure they'd happily stop shipping any country with which we have a trade deficit -- playing field not being level and all.

Just think how many more people we could shift from the private to the public sector. Obama, and his merry band of statists could be in control for life.

[1rudeboy]

I think the single most amusing thing I see on these threads is the attitude: someone thinks, "if I say this forcefully enough it must be true." They never understand that they believe what they believe as an article of faith.

There was a Wal-Mart thread a few days ago, where someone exclaimed something along the lines of "if Wal-Mart likes Mexico so much, it should open stores there!" I looked at the Wal-Mart website and discovered that Wal-Mart has well over a thousand locations in Mexico. Gave me a real chuckle.

[1010RD]

The term trade deficit is a Marxist class warfare term. It is meant to create just the kind of foolishness we are arguing about here.

You cannot have a trade deficit. By definition any trade without coercion is beneficial to both parties.

My “trade deficit” with my grocer, car dealer and local hotdog stand are enormous. Those jerks never bought a thing from me, but I am happy and so are they.

We is the loss. Let’s keep ‘splaining it to them, OK?