Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> John Kuthe wrote:
> > A LITTLE money? Do you have any idea what the trade deficit was last
> > year between the U.S. and China? Here, let me elucidate for you:
>
> I was comparing me spending $39.95 on a cheap Chinese appliance with
> the several million that my company gets from China, not the entire
> balance of trade figures.

With all of his degrees, John should still take a few college classes
in economics. Closing down our borders and buying only US products
failed long ago. Unions here were part of the problem. At first they
saved the lowly workers but later on, they got greedy. US companies
went oversea to make the same product cheaper. That's just smart
business when trying to keep stockholders investing and happy.

It's pretty much a global economy now. This is why we have a good
variety of food available all year now rather than just in season
here.