No, you don’t get it at all. You continue to think of the dollars represented in a trade balance as some sort of bottom line representation, a value held by the vendor, like there’s no expenses against it, no COGS. The vast majority of that money isn’t being held by those companies in bonds or bank accounts or stocks. It’s already in somebody else’s hands. It has paid payroll, and heating, and fuel, product packaging, and any myriad other things associated with getting ■■■■ to market.
And, you’re right, it’s not a one way street.
It’s not a two-way street, either. That’s where you’re really, really stumbling with this stuff.
Man I hope any of you see how completely insane it is that you’ve locked onto like 4 Obama phrases that you’ve been repeating over and over for a decade, and Trump says at least 15 more outlandish ■■■■■■ up things every day. The attempts at equivalence are flaccid at best.
Not speaking for the rest, I voted and supported W, both times. I supported the Patriot Act (the first time). I was against the renewal/permanenization of it, as I realized that it gave the government too much power.
There’s like 4 Republicans left on the planet who supported the invasion of Iraq, and they were all against the Bush administrations profligate spending.
Putin is a commie. Always has been. You’re favorite politician loves him some Putin.
Now, to be fair, he probably owes the Russian mob a lot of $$ playing kissy face with Putin is probably smart. Of course Putin has people knocked off in other countries so that’s a whole other issue.