Your simpleton argument is bothersome.
Trade and buying from China has helped lift millions out of poverty, increasing their purchasing power, while reducing our costs.
We export capitol goods and import consumer goods, hence the trade “deficit.”
Thankfully our per capita GDP of 5x the average Chinese allows us to import consumer goods at an affordable price.
Again, ask yourself why an IPhone is nearly double in Brazil and Argentina
Your argument is more bothersome.
I don’t buy any iCrap stuff.
And explain to me, why I should give two shits about lifting millions in China out of poverty, or explain why you give a shit. Why is that even a consideration?
Our government is controlled by traitors like Hillary, who have no problem selling us out.
They don’t advocate TRUE, pure free trade. The advantages of your “free trade” theories disintegrate when they are not truly employed. The crony capitalists running our economy are disingenuous negotiators on behalf of America’s trade interests.
Why I have to explain this to you is beyond me. It is like me having to explain to Bernie Sanders supporters that it isn’t CAPITALISM that is evil, it is CRONY CAPITALISM that is evil.
If you deviate from the theory, change the parameters too much, then you will deviate from the benefits that theory would bring. (assuming the theory is correct)
The quadratic equation, for example, works well until you get to something where b^2 - 4ac is a negative number.
I am an American I don't care what, why or how third worlders live. In that context I only care about my fellow Americans. Americans are under no obligation to lift anyone out of anything. Especially at the expense of the American economy and middle class.