Didn't you hear? The government determines trade deficits or surpluses because the government does all the importing and exporting.zimmerman8k said:Hahaha.
Most of those figures were things that would go up anyway with population growth and inflation.
Many were to a large extent beyond his control, eg gas prices, personal savings rate and especially % of oil imported, he can't create more US oil.
Oh, and the last four were just totally subjective.
But still important. Foreign perception of the US is important to them, no?zimmerman8k said:Oh, and the last four were just totally subjective.
Robert Mugabe said:Let Mr. Bush read history correctly. Let him realise that both personally and in his representative capacity as the current President of the United States, he stands for this "civilisation" which occupied, which colonised, which incarcerated, which killed. He has much to atone for and very little to lecture us on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. His hands drip with innocent blood of many nationalities.
Regards, Robert Mugabe
President of the Republic of Zimbabwe