Too many topics, too little time

Reuters.  The US trade deficit hits a record monthly figure:  $48.3 b.  [John Robb's Weblog]

I am sure someone has this all rationalized, just like the 'budget deficits do not really matter.' But it seems to me that money we do not really have is going to other countries, leaving us with even less money we do not have. [A Man with a Ph.D. – Richard Gayle's Weblog]

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look, it is all perfectly clear, the sole question for the u.s. economy in the bush administration is 'did daddy's friends make money?', if you can say yes, you are fine. if you say no, then evil is afoot.