The problem? Our trade deficit!

Day 210, 14:01 Published in USA USA by Peter Green

Over the last 7 days, the US imported goods worth 121.07 Gold, whilst only exporting 3.42 Gold worth of goods. These numbers show a huge trade deficit, which only means one thing: foreign companies and citizens are getting rich with US gold. I think this is one of the major problems our nation is facing today. How can we tackle this issue?

- by encouraging our citizens to buy local, even if this means paying a few more cents/bucks
- by raising import taxes, compared to some other countries these are still fairly low. The UK has 99% import tax in all of its sectors, and so does Sweden, the number one economy in the world! In a protectionist world, we need to protect our market.
- by stimulating exports, government could give interest-free loans to major companies (who have major stocks) in order to buy export licenses.

Please comment and give your thoughts and remarks.