“VW did not create the diesel cheat device. Bosch did”

Wait - you took an economics course are comparing the US buying garments from Bangladesh with the US buying automobiles from Europe? You can bet that that auto workers in Europe are making more than $2/day.
Also - you seem to have forgotten how a trade deficit affects the Balance of Payments and the value of currency.…

“Except I didn’t see a dump truck next to him.”

You win.

> Cop turns on light bar and tries to pull the rider over, and we all know what happens

“the rider wasn’t threatening anyone but himself”

Clearly you keep posting about trade, while the article is about a trade *deficit*.

Again with the trade. That’s not the issue. Go do some reading about trade deficits.

You go on and on about trade. But you still don’t understand the issues caused by a trade deficit. The basic problem is that if you don’t have anything another country wants, you can’t buy their stuff, and everybody loses.

This really isn’t that complicated.

“I pay them $300 for their goods”

You do realize that “Morehands Maid Service” isn’t a cleaning service, don’t you?

a “Search Comments” features. So I can find that post where someone said “Miata is not the answer”. Without out clicking “Load more comments” 1500 times and then using the browser search function.

DB Cooper. And it was a parachute.

“I run a ~$300 a month trade deficit with the grocery store,”

When you buy goods from another country you pay them in their currency. Which you got from from them when they bought goods from you (or indirectly from another country that bought goods from you).

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Why didn’t WE retaliate on their tariff?

Stripper models are never a good deal. Ask Trump.

Learn a few words - bonjour, bonsoir and use them. Always address the staff when you enter and leave a store. (bonjour and bonsoir work for both). Use monsieur, madame and madamoiselle. If you have a question, begin with “Excusez-moi monsieur/madam/madamoiselle... ” then proceed in english. Watch some youtube for the…