You run a $149 Billion annual services deficit with the US.
No biggie. It's only like ~$800/taxpayer/year when you run the numbers.
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And can we talk about how absolutely cartoonish that is when 77% of it is digital, aka things you should have been able to build if you weren't leaking all of your top minds to power the US's service economy.
The US is actively trying to self-destruct and the EU still can't seize that moment, instead tripling down on the role of toll collector, and you'll see rabid behavior the moment you call that out.
> you'll see rabid behavior the moment you call that out
This is probably the most rabid overreaction I've ever seen on the site, pining for some guy's death over mentioning a factual statement about a trade imbalance.
No biggie. It's only like ~$800/taxpayer/year when you run the numbers.
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And can we talk about how absolutely cartoonish that is when 77% of it is digital, aka things you should have been able to build if you weren't leaking all of your top minds to power the US's service economy.
The US is actively trying to self-destruct and the EU still can't seize that moment, instead tripling down on the role of toll collector, and you'll see rabid behavior the moment you call that out.