cedardell said:
Sorry I didn't mean to start an argument about who built the USA. I'd like to start one about how to balance our trade deficit. I haven't heard one politician say boo about that. All we've heard lately are excuses why countries we buy from can't buy from us. Now they'd like to take our money and convert it to gold, so the more we print the less our money is worth and the more their gold is worth. This is not two way trade li's a rip off. My idea would be to issue coupons to the counties we buy from ,instead of paying them in money, that are redeemable only in the USA. I guess I've just been sitting here thinking of what would happen if our dollar was worthless. Maybe that would be a good thing but I don't think too many would agree.
Cederdell, sometime you should figure out how much Canada, your LARGEST trading partner, spends per capita on US goods. Then figure US purchases per capita from Canada. You will be surprised.
Canadian population approx. 33 million
US population approx. 300 million
US Trade with Canada : 2005
NOTE: All figures are in millions of U.S. dollars.
Month Exports Imports Balance
January 2005 15,568.4 21,839.5 -6,271.1
February 2005 16,092.3 21,502.5 -5,410.3
March 2005 18,919.8 24,009.5 -5,089.7
April 2005 18,105.2 23,458.0 -5,352.7
May 2005 18,327.1 23,527.7 -5,200.6
June 2005 18,684.5 23,672.2 -4,987.8
July 2005 14,719.6 21,087.3 -6,367.7
August 2005 18,250.1 25,041.3 -6,791.1
Septr 2005 18,368.3 25,949.9 -7,581.7
October 2005 18,746.5 27,725.0 -8,978.5
Nov 2005 18,417.3 26,382.7 -7,965.4
Dec 2005 17,699.6 26,188.6 -8,489.0
TOTAL 211,898.7 290,384.3 -78,485.6
'TOTAL' may not add due to rounding.
Table reflects only those months for which there was trade.
CONTACT: Data Dissemination Branch, U.S. Census Bureau, (301) 763-2311
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, Data Dissemination Branch, Washignton, D.C. 20233