quote:Additionally none of the stats you show can be definitively pinned on NAFTA, there are way to many factors out there.
That statement proves you have no accurate concept of economics. There is not a single reputable economist who would say that record trade deficits are good for the economy.
If you have a trillion dollars ayear leave the country to never come back, you soon export your entire wealth. It's simple math really, you only deny it because you enrich yourself on the backs of the misery of others and try to tell yourself your doing the right thing.