[Accept2]

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2187rank.html

 

[Lester B. Flat]

Is that page showing trade deficit or what? That's astounding!

 

[Accept2]

Thats a big part of it. Its actually scary more than funny. I am amazed that its not on CNN or front page news. If you ever wondered what it was like when the Titanic was about to hit that iceberg............

 

[GuitaristZ]

16 Canada $ 20,560,000,000 2006 est

 

[Accept2]

A surplus isnt nessesarily a good thing. We have one because of exporting of oil and natural resources to the US. Exporting raw materials and importing finished goods is not a good thing, but its becoming our reality. Our country's finance minister is an idiot, but it looks like the 90s and 2000s have really put things out of whack down there. Demand for oil is a big impact on their figures, and it shows how indebt the US is.............

 

[Lester B. Flat]

Pretty bad when Burkina Faso (?) is whipping your ass.

 

[Accept2]

The scariest part is that if you add up all the numbers, they should balance to zero. This means a correction by the US would result in a decrease somewhere else in the world. It also means if the US economy ever went down, it has the power to take all the economies with it, because it all has to balance. Thats the scary part..........