On 22/09/2012 9:38 PM, Fred J. McCall wrote:


I know what 'trade imbalance' means, Alan. How would that make "more
money available" and who would it make it available to and for what?

What does that have to do with federal budget deficits?


The reason there is a trade imbalance is because Americans aren't buying
American-made products - that means there are fewer people paying taxes
- no taxes means no income for the government and that means the
services a government is expected to provide can't be paid for. That
leads to deficits.