re: #156 Single-handed sailor

I have a trade deficit in the county seat with the hardware store, the grocery store, the butcher shop, all of the restaurants, &c. I have one here with the general store, the Post Office, even the gun shop.

What is it about conservatives (not just Trump) who think a trade deficit is somehow horrible? I suppose in some abstract sense if you’re buying more from abroad than from the USA, that’s creating more jobs abroad than here.

The solution to that would be to tighten up ways corporations can move to less-regulated areas where they can exploit workers for lower wages and less safety.

It’s another BS talking point conservatives have been using all my life. They don’t want to employ the solution, they just want to scare their voters to the polls (China’s coming for your JERBS!!!1!!2!!eleventy!!)