Canada runs a trade surplus with the US.
POTUS calls this "subsidizing" Canada.
No. We subsidize Mississippi.
We buy petroleum that we need from Canada.
States colored blue on this map receive more federal $ than they pay in taxes; orange states pay more than they receive.
POTUS calls this "subsidizing" Canada.
No. We subsidize Mississippi.
We buy petroleum that we need from Canada.
States colored blue on this map receive more federal $ than they pay in taxes; orange states pay more than they receive.
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Tell me again why it is America needs to shut down our system of free education so only wealthy white males have the earning power education gives?
We need a strong Department of Education.
Dictators love the poorly educated.
Typically both sides in a trade are satisfied. The buyers got the crude oil they wanted to refine and ship off to somewhere else.
Good point about oil. Market forces make it profitable for us to export oil we refine, even though we import some too.
Y'all can't rely on us to be stable trading partners anymore.
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We elected Trump. We've proved we're unreliable.
Logical outcome.
Hold the redhats, we have an infestation of them too.
Where's Trump going to get the tankers?
We 🇺🇲 aren't reliable business partners.
This was pretty much guaranteed when we elected Trump, man couldn't cooperate with anyone.
https://rockinst.org/issue-areas/fiscal-analysis/balance-of-payments-portal/
Corp location.
Income/COL
NH is an outlier for residency issues.
These charts only show part of picture with combination of State funding.
CA will absolutely tap funds for Eaton Fire recovery.
*Us and Them is a great Pink Floyd track but horrible politics.
So simple.
Note they assume trump will just pull this again and are working to extent pipelines East and West to sell to other markets.
...Once we crater economically, as we will, they'll need to sell to more stable states.
So those pipelines and refineries Canada will build are going to happen, totally unavoidable.
They can't tie themselves to us.
I don't know what happened to the text there.
Didn't go so well.
Texas was the outlier.
..and MBS will refine it here at the Biggest Refinery in the US..
...that Trump let him buy in '17.
Gulf of America/Panama Canal is the new MBS Hi-Way.
when the Atlantic is stormy, it only takes 3-4 extra days thru the Canal. "HELLO!"