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No we don't produce more than we consume in the sense you are talking. We play this back and forth globalist game of I send you x amount of peanuts and you send me back x amount of peanuts. Look at where much of your produce comes from that could be grown right here in the US. We even import meats when we shouldn't have to. I'm not talking about exotic produce or meats, the regular stuff we have here. We export nuts grown here to Iran and then turn around and import Iranian nuts of the same type back here. It makes no sense but to put money in Globalist's pockets.
First off from your own cite 83% of the food consumed in the US is locally grown. So worst case 17% is imported. And much of that is stuff like fish where we are a weak producer. And two of our big customers for agricultural products are Canada and Mexico.
And we maintain a positive balance of trade on agricultural products.
I made no claims or even comments about "economic miracles" or about the economic status of Latin American countries. I was only mentioning this particular change in Mexico's trade policy.
Who cares? The bulk of our grain and corn is sold to China and Russia.
When I am looking at a new vehicle to buy, I look at where it’s built. I give vehicles assembled in Mexico a pass ever since I had problems with a Dodge diesel that was manufactured in Durango.
I think liberals just like to say that because it somehow makes them feel better to think that Trump voters are hurting as though it was "rural" Americans that put him in office.
And?
Are you a rural American?
Lets see, I dont make my living farming
Im not on Medicaid
Not on FS or other assistance
Not a coal miner
I think liberals just like to say that because it somehow makes them feel better to think that Trump voters are hurting as though it was "rural" Americans that put him in office.
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bingo.
No not rural. But low population states. His margin in the electoral college is very close to the margin of the low population states. He wins off the 25% of the states with less than 10% of the population.
But to a large extent it is the rural and other poor who are getting it from this administration. Where are the people he is going to bounce from Medicaid?
If places like Guatemala were economic miracles, then millions of their residents would not be trying to illegally get into the USA.
Venezuela would not be collapsing into socialistic economic chaos.
Argentina would not be devaluing it's currency
So forth and so on.
What Mexico is really mad about is the loss of of the one sided nature of Bill Clinton's NAFTA that Trump is bringing to an end.
Mexico has to feed its people. Doing business with Trump doesn’t appear worth the trouble plus he’s unstable and untrustworthy. Why should they rely on Trump? That doesn’t help US farmers sell their crops, does it?
If Mexico believes that it is in their best interests to deal with Venezuela, Brazil, Guatemala - those same Nations that the citizens are desperate to get into the USA.
More power to them - they should do what they think is in their best interest ..... and so should the USA.
I don’t understand why some people keep mentioning “doing business with Venezuela.” Venezuela isn’t producing ANYTHING. Venezuela IMPORTS everything. Mexico already has oil.
Mexico will be doing business with Brasil and Argentina in Latin America AND with China. I think Mexico was buying over 6 BILLION dollars in grain from the US. Who is going to pick up that kind of volume?
I don’t know what wanting to get into the US has to do with buying grain from Argentina. There are quite a few super rich people in those countries and they buy from the US.
This happens when you insult your customers. Trump is too flaky to do business with. He breaks agreements, throws fits, and is constantly haranguing everybody. It’s a PITA. How is the US going to be taken seriously?
I can’t blame Mexico wanting to be treated with some respect. It appears that now Brazil and Argentina are more stable than the US. Good grief! What we’ve come down to!
Who cares? The bulk of our grain and corn is sold to China and Russia.
When I am looking at a new vehicle to buy, I look at where it’s built. I give vehicles assembled in Mexico a pass ever since I had problems with a Dodge diesel that was manufactured in Durango.
Not.
That happens to you for buying a Dodge in the first place.
Many americans are grossly ignorant of Mexico. they think everyone who crosses the border is mexican and think everyone in mexico is a dirt poor farmer.....
the short termism of Trump is simply stunning. He runs around throwing bombs like an internet troll, and does not give a damn what damage he is doing long term. It really is a shame he fell assbackwards into Obama'a excellent economy.
Mexico MUST be "dirt poor"; otherwise MOST Mexican citizens would've gone back home a while back.
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