outintheyard wrote:
The US produces a huge amount of most of the medical related equipment as well as the drugs
That is mostly internal economy, or rather theft, if you will. Exactly the same drugs are either imported or manufactured in Canada under proper licensing agreements, except that the cost of drugs in Canada are just a fraction of the cost of the same drugs bought in the US. Ever heard about drug tours to Canada by busloads of American retirees? The simply can't afford to buy the medication they need in the country some of them fought, and most worked hard, for.
One would have to be a total nut to buy drugs from the US.
outintheyard wrote:
don't forget Honda and toyota production.
Internal market. Not a money maker for the US. It's like shuffling money from the left pocket to the right one, with some loose change being lost in the process. Honda and Toyota are still a Japanese companies and that's where the profits go.
outintheyard wrote:
There are enough millionares here to prove it.
More than bankrupts? In credit car market alone, 2006 was a year of 1.3 million bankrupcies.
outintheyard wrote:
if you ever fly on a plane it was probably made in the US, Check boeing stats!
These are good planes. I haven't travelled in any of them lately. Wouldn't they require foreign oil to function? Air Bus seems to have grabbed quite a bit of the market too.