People need to have a plan. Fail to plan, plan to fail.

You know what happens when plan fails. The taxpayer takes over.

Would you call 37 trillion in debt and a 70% consumer nation a failure?

I do

Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result is the definition of .......

Yes I would. Stop consuming.

Then we have to start producing, that's what this whole thing revolves around!

When you going to start producing and not cash that ssi check and quit consuming with it?

I labored my whole life, I'm cashing in on my contribution now, thanks.

Currently,,,,Depending on the market (Dow/s&p) we haven’t lost a year,,,,,,yet

If a person HAS lost 5 years,,,,,,there’s serious issues

And probably needs to look at something else

So that would be," never"?

You can TRY to change the subject like you are, it only shows me that you know you're wrong.

Japan's not a consuming nation. Japan has twice the national debt as percent gdp as the U.S. What I'm trying to explain is trade deficits are not necessarily the cause budget deficits. Solving one does not solve the other.

They don't have the natural resources we have either. Big difference.

It is actually funny that so many people think the trade deficit you have with certain countries is playing this big role in the national debt. That debt is due to taxation and government spending decided on by congress.

The fact that the average family in Vietnam is poor and buys like 12 billion in goods from you while you guys like to buy stuff and import 130 billion from them isn’t what has driven up the national debt. Heck we, along with Australia for example have a trade surplus but a national debt.

Edit: I see that in February we dipped to a deficit. However, it was a a surplus for many months with a national debt.

We clearly are trying to change the subject.

Wasn't that long ago we were eating the Kung Fu Flu on our own soil. My how time flies. Wonder whats on the new menu?

Back to this? One of many companies that are now either looking at manufacturing here or lowering their tariffs on us.

Nah, that doesn't support that his idea isnt going to work.

Time to cook, y'all behave now.

Maybe someday in the future congress will require all presidential candidates to be screened for anosognosia.

I guess I didn't follow instructions. LOL