Dan Luke wrote:
"Vic Baron" wrote:


That's just so we have enough to give out to the rest of the world
when they can't manage their economies. If we'd stop supporting some
of these losers we might be better off.

You need to catch up on current events. The U. S. is living off
money we borrow from foreigners.

http://www.treas.gov/tic/mfh.txt


You are right a significant sector of our economy is supported by investment
cash from other countries. Yet we still provide more foreign aid than any
other two countries combined. (Well almost, UK and Japan combined do a
little more than we do. But it is close enought for government work.)

http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRel...hartsandGraphs

If you do take the time to look at that page please note that "The New
Superpower" China isn't even in the top 22. While Luxembourg and New Zealand
are.