[circlecity]

"If our dollars are going over seas and not coming back, just what is the rest of the world doing with all those dollars?"

Look at the stock market.

[expat_panama]

what is the rest of the world doing with all those dollars?"

Look at the stock market

That's true, it's like when I sell my Sony stock to a Canadian at a huge profit and then I use the Canadian dollars to buy Canadian gasoline.   That's a trade deficit and I really don't see what's wrong there.