re: Let me get this straight, the main reason we are doing this is to bring more jobs to US?

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If I buy $10k from Vietnam and they only buy $5k from me, have I lost $5k?

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As an individual? No. But that is beyond irrelevant in economic terms.

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Address that claim in terms of lost tax revenue,
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Be happy to as soon as you address the claim as presented.

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Now then, address lost Federal Revenue associated with trade deficits.

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now do participation rates among able bodied adults

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Wait until they can’t buy soda pop with SNAP.

Never mind…they will just steal it.

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When I buy dairy at the grocery store I purchase locally produced items which supports my people.

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How much as th diary bought from you? I suspect nothing. You have a 100% trade deficit with them, if you want to ignore the middle-man.

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The grocery store analogy is moronic.

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No. Focusing on "trade deficits" and ignoring the value of what's been purchaced is moronic.

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This is like saying if we tax income at 30%, we have "lost" the other 70% as tax revenue.

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No.
It's like the Gates Foundation using "philanthropic" loopholes to offshore tax-free funds into locales where future spending for personal use won't be monitored.