... but the real deficit
of most impact on the
nation is the trade deficit.

1. There is an expectation that the
   U.S. government's national debt
   will eventually be paid off.
    
2. There is no such expectation
   for the money Americans pay
   to foreign companies will ever
   be paid back.
    
   • The latter fuels foreign jobs,
     not American jobs.
      
   • It is American money that leaves
     the country making non-Americans
     wealthy.
      
   • Most trade agreements have
     tended to increase the money
     flow out of the United States.