Who knows what the grocery store owner might spend his money on? He might spend it on books that say nasty things about Hillary Clinton, or he might spend it on guns, or he might spend it on Bibles! Why, we must CONTROL THE EVIL GROCER'S MONEY!
The above, if you can't figure it out, is SARCASM.
More tanks for the communist regime?
Great! They waste their money on nonproductive assets!
Another palace for a ruling dictator?
Fine, SFW?
A nuclear weapons program?
Yup, spend that money on MORE nonproductive assets.
But I'm not talking about just China. The "fair trade" types demand that ALL countries that export to the US must buy goods and services from the US in amounts equal to their exports.
So, why not insist that if someone spends $4,000 a year at Food Lion, Food Lion must spend $4,000 a year on goods and services from that person? Hell, let's make EVERY business in America do that with EVERY customer they have. Why, surely it would be good for the American worker, if that theory is correct.