EXCLUSIVE: Apple Has Destroyed 490,000 American Jobs

Business Insider ^ | May 1, 2012, 12:02 PM | Eric Platt and Ben Duronio

[Swordmaker]

After taking heat for shipping jobs to China and contracting to employers with questionable labor conditions, Apple (rather publicly) took credit for creating more than half a million jobs in the U.S.

514,000 to be exact. 

That figure included nearly 50,000 employees in its retail network and its corporate headquarters, where products are designed.

But it also included FedEx and UPS employees who deliver its products and employees at Corning who make glass for iPads and iPhones.

So Apple basically counts anyone vaguely associated with the company or its products as a job that Apple created.

But what about the competitors Apple has bumped off in its relentless move to the top? 

What about the once-profitable markets, products, and companies it has destroyed? What happened to those jobs?

Business Insider analyzed data on Bloomberg, went through dozens of 10-Ks, and read through layoff announcements to see how Apple's peers have done.

What we found:

Apple has destroyed nearly as many jobs as it helped create, eliminating some 490,570 positions.

Click here to see the jobs that Apple has destroyed

[Toddsterpatriot]

I didn’t know we still had exporting industries except for those that are the lowest on the economic ladder of value - raw materials.

You're right!

U.S. Exports to World Total by 5-digit End-Use Code
2002 - 2011

(In thousands of dollars)

End-Use Code	Value 2002	Value 2003	Value 2004	Value 2005	Value 2006	Value 2007	Value 2008	Value 2009	Value 2010	Value 2011
(00000) Wheat	3,771,920	4,002,455	5,191,779	4,416,027	4,256,669	8,450,461	11,445,584	5,515,311	6,912,943	11,294,505
(00010) Rice	832,936	1,077,760	1,223,738	1,337,714	1,337,293	1,471,002	2,311,533	2,274,187	2,446,435	2,208,698
(00100) Soybeans	5,806,179	8,047,048	6,894,715	6,626,555	7,288,375	10,443,447	16,031,502	16,905,202	18,973,308	18,041,649
(00110) Oilseeds, food oils	1,317,380	1,419,363	1,273,706	1,190,935	1,329,691	2,034,425	3,190,447	2,525,373	3,209,409	3,291,452
(00200) Corn	5,784,028	5,750,589	6,926,461	5,824,420	8,226,378	11,209,235	14,611,992	9,680,733	10,948,612	14,847,594
(00210) Sorghum, barley, oats	674,758	677,489	611,091	628,355	707,276	1,226,515	1,487,777	728,478	810,879	1,044,072
(00220) Animal feeds, n.e.c.	3,298,763	3,297,751	3,115,922	3,387,722	3,813,842	4,567,605	5,931,953	6,350,471	6,705,310	6,792,540
(00300) Meat, poultry, etc.	7,002,732	7,873,236	5,671,895	7,206,280	7,830,539	9,803,526	13,473,914	12,056,081	13,644,564	17,134,178
(00310) Dairy products and eggs	714,816	744,458	1,167,111	1,299,418	1,491,901	2,452,990	3,245,250	1,880,555	3,165,992	4,040,769
(00320) Fruits, frozen juices	4,038,150	4,295,114	4,533,462	4,996,914	5,565,404	6,204,632	7,147,122	6,888,310	7,771,906	8,827,028
(00330) Vegetables	2,900,539	2,965,801	3,189,490	3,509,842	3,852,542	4,320,698	5,091,865	4,942,980	5,430,963	5,874,258
(00340) Nuts	1,657,332	1,891,211	2,365,554	3,043,642	3,226,764	3,449,396	3,898,846	4,183,367	4,903,934	5,808,174
(00350) Bakery products	2,020,889	2,255,755	2,467,241	2,696,155	2,997,266	3,458,496	3,972,302	4,057,777	4,787,052	5,578,047
(00360) Other foods	4,482,548	4,906,768	5,340,365	5,872,533	6,585,524	7,282,239	8,312,435	8,116,537	9,131,887	10,744,645
(00370) Wine and related products	726,766	817,565	984,623	912,592	1,098,847	1,217,621	1,299,056	1,273,536	1,528,482	1,765,243
(01000) Fish and shellfish	3,197,235	3,363,283	3,823,237	4,207,720	4,350,747	4,374,738	4,373,778	4,088,512	4,574,771	5,687,972
(01010) Alcoholic beverages, excluding wine	627,135	681,029	777,286	821,174	958,548	1,176,751	1,280,937	1,169,517	1,398,656	1,725,548
(01020) Nonagricultural foods, etc.	761,472	959,336	1,011,988	977,358	1,044,775	1,120,494	1,242,933	1,270,889	1,359,452	1,441,035
(10000) Cotton, raw	2,066,878	3,388,982	4,279,556	3,933,122	4,516,513	4,590,808	4,814,406	3,368,670	5,897,847	8,505,730
(10100) Tobacco, unmanufactured	1,058,963	1,025,809	1,041,246	983,722	1,134,076	1,201,464	1,231,004	1,133,193	1,132,707	1,121,966
(10120) Hides and skins	1,751,470	1,793,603	1,757,782	1,787,883	2,055,688	2,182,541	2,066,608	1,465,990	2,286,211	2,661,571
(10130) Agric. industry-unmanufactured	1,173,376	1,255,510	1,468,907	1,401,808	1,578,557	2,126,111	3,270,157	2,781,143	3,967,590	4,459,060
(10140) Agric. farming-unmanufactured	1,544,415	1,731,381	1,610,260	1,833,043	1,848,596	2,082,180	2,470,796	2,358,184	2,517,884	2,919,771
(10150) Agriculture-manufactured, other	1,617,726	1,377,403	1,510,523	1,651,371	1,733,912	1,917,364	2,219,799	2,087,976	2,378,113	2,602,452
(11010) Metallurgical grade coal	1,024,080	1,014,289	1,760,238	2,385,524	2,563,510	2,937,949	5,810,995	4,455,228	8,265,205	13,007,298
(11020) Coal and fuels, other	898,318	788,371	1,206,042	1,329,221	1,337,047	1,676,376	2,793,453	2,066,459	2,200,646	3,841,994
(11100) Crude oil	87,556	128,282	308,194	551,652	567,086	751,092	1,031,499	972,228	1,239,789	1,674,315
(11110) Fuel oil	2,583,998	3,117,433	4,353,770	6,932,607	12,060,896	15,573,765	34,894,056	23,670,220	32,662,606	52,800,539
(11120) Petroleum products, other	6,978,589	8,633,021	11,583,088	14,104,621	17,316,831	19,325,281	27,995,137	21,731,464	33,224,003	54,237,010
(11130) Natural gas liquids	687,884	814,265	836,838	1,075,494	1,623,363	2,107,542	3,260,336	2,803,344	3,741,585	4,040,023
(11200) Gas-natural	995,442	1,399,765	2,125,663	3,109,833	2,241,159	3,163,501	4,892,249	3,286,064	4,921,886	6,307,850
(11300) Nuclear fuel materials	1,510,512	1,570,651	1,631,283	1,619,190	1,827,382	2,430,288	2,177,672	2,283,340	1,895,839	2,723,178
(11400) Electric energy	303,047	755,696	828,855	1,046,509	1,036,051	991,907	1,263,886	561,929	626,582	390,824
(12000) Steelmaking materials	1,863,503	2,607,012	4,014,104	5,991,623	6,801,742	9,882,359	14,193,933	8,548,322	11,069,032	14,785,564
(12100) Iron and steel mill products	3,219,083	4,176,506	5,208,393	6,917,987	7,280,901	8,857,734	11,471,121	7,063,152	10,117,336	12,495,843
(12110) Iron and steel products, other	2,768,597	2,905,047	3,636,622	4,351,229	5,161,823	5,779,523	7,264,146	5,412,567	6,330,869	7,113,926
(12200) Aluminum and alumina	2,947,824	3,032,119	3,992,337	5,191,121	7,293,397	8,029,016	8,569,567	5,691,779	7,539,660	9,528,016
(12210) Copper	1,112,520	1,510,815	2,002,919	2,356,484	4,701,430	5,378,672	6,125,726	4,085,511	6,226,008	8,480,823
(12260) Nonmonetary gold	3,356,634	4,790,354	4,449,217	5,548,806	8,783,018	13,307,357	18,689,079	13,932,512	17,561,155	33,228,280
(12270) Precious metals, other	2,560,780	2,144,607	2,758,099	3,175,711	7,041,535	8,438,360	10,564,281	8,007,692	12,644,164	12,009,647
(12290) Nonferrous metals, other	2,148,428	2,464,242	3,053,412	4,523,315	6,601,440	8,060,264	7,765,131	5,825,561	7,748,269	8,853,423
(12300) Finished metal shapes	8,728,448	8,948,222	9,964,894	11,405,809	13,941,026	15,288,523	16,918,626	13,091,337	15,840,579	17,894,329
(12420) Pulpwood and woodpulp	4,051,462	4,259,100	4,696,567	5,272,294	5,907,916	7,112,556	7,940,832	6,848,862	8,902,574	10,155,543
(12430) Newsprint	8,160,275	8,554,129	9,274,785	9,862,581	10,567,425	11,543,605	12,462,794	10,759,362	12,462,517	13,478,342
(12500) Plastic materials	14,104,243	15,407,108	21,656,550	24,793,298	27,923,880	29,118,286	31,639,545	25,543,801	32,778,547	36,025,994
(12510) Chemicals-fertilizers	3,924,528	4,105,064	4,744,018	5,197,329	5,299,442	6,292,134	10,760,304	7,034,570	7,970,776	9,890,779
(12530) Chemicals-inorganic	3,929,179	3,930,315	4,423,922	5,880,332	6,660,376	7,014,514	8,356,994	6,018,503	7,514,960	8,831,939
(12540) Chemicals-organic	14,631,857	17,633,336	22,187,353	23,377,062	27,124,997	31,622,940	33,351,324	24,602,598	34,156,362	39,419,030
(12550) Chemicals-other	13,238,295	14,443,025	15,609,108	16,721,139	18,518,081	20,421,169	23,176,664	20,785,260	25,628,480	28,783,602
(12600) Cotton fiber cloth	2,728,651	2,788,335	3,264,766	3,232,897	3,131,450	2,857,846	2,777,619	2,115,630	2,453,914	3,224,791
(12620) Manmade cloth	4,894,813	5,048,515	5,550,833	5,686,350	5,772,104	5,872,791	6,046,710	4,743,467	6,014,877	6,783,916
(12630) Hair, waste materials	429,684	447,027	493,439	483,543	552,491	606,774	617,950	488,015	627,361	658,620
(12640) Finished textile supplies	2,248,350	2,196,564	2,321,442	2,377,417	2,539,263	2,467,721	2,440,976	2,072,266	2,537,975	2,668,797
(12650) Leather and furs	840,316	866,753	1,193,579	1,095,540	1,051,872	1,150,922	935,118	568,783	875,206	1,044,952
(12700) Synthetic rubber-primary	1,675,484	1,852,549	2,218,021	2,694,877	3,188,402	3,609,603	3,763,748	2,792,362	3,854,344	4,903,269
(12720) Nonmetallic minerals	416,415	427,349	488,635	488,854	605,025	581,999	825,002	481,209	716,277	902,429
(12750) Industrial rubber products	2,190,650	2,199,254	2,452,514	2,585,845	2,929,954	3,249,079	3,372,866	2,864,700	3,649,490	4,296,474
(12760) Mineral supplies-manufactured	3,093,482	3,307,186	3,670,944	3,751,497	4,513,271	4,932,509	4,994,114	4,027,656	5,272,576	5,543,767
(12765) Tapes, audio and visual	1,203,833	1,346,509	1,620,300	2,014,146	1,796,091	584,404	505,783	696,209	593,949	545,534
(12770) Other industrial supplies	14,477,266	15,049,554	13,757,853	14,793,038	16,415,191	19,854,838	20,443,435	17,932,452	21,481,119	22,985,043
(13100) Logs and lumber	3,568,646	3,675,962	4,213,673	4,332,968	4,604,286	4,730,702	4,417,280	3,523,549	4,908,234	5,618,235
(13110) Wood supplies, manufactured	875,807	911,252	1,028,197	1,074,196	1,221,734	1,279,670	1,399,805	1,014,437	1,207,317	1,348,569
(13200) Glass-plate, sheet, etc.	977,598	979,685	1,088,950	1,141,029	1,279,408	1,475,229	1,628,697	1,344,362	1,533,803	1,607,013
(13210) Shingles, molding, wallboard	1,891,071	1,961,770	2,284,145	2,637,272	3,022,113	3,413,712	3,875,079	3,341,640	4,076,095	4,523,638
(13220) Nontextile floor tiles	297,270	300,613	337,797	377,329	415,826	462,505	498,880	425,461	495,418	552,234
(20000) Generators, accessories	6,171,391	6,286,538	7,028,809	7,613,908	9,467,357	10,415,345	12,125,075	10,296,288	12,360,774	12,972,838
(20005) Electric apparatus	21,373,353	21,158,082	24,231,365	25,674,197	29,809,799	30,884,798	30,835,619	26,062,564	32,108,777	35,118,902
(21000) Drilling & oilfield equipment	6,562,205	6,066,973	6,869,681	8,153,668	10,779,975	12,611,364	15,064,587	11,467,010	10,508,896	10,798,349
(21010) Specialized mining	384,423	419,075	544,473	634,938	838,723	1,059,037	1,436,270	1,123,268	1,393,079	1,884,718
(21030) Excavating machinery	4,986,166	5,284,702	6,657,603	8,812,827	9,870,857	12,790,982	15,079,628	9,810,299	12,666,515	16,656,046
(21040) Nonfarm tractors and parts	960,239	1,063,017	1,439,904	1,382,445	1,859,599	2,102,594	3,410,665	2,048,417	2,405,977	3,498,301
(21100) Industrial engines	11,601,418	11,690,670	13,511,204	14,934,258	15,976,883	19,147,306	21,848,649	21,916,203	24,354,656	28,102,493
(21110) Food, tobacco machinery	1,732,148	1,688,991	1,860,182	2,064,865	2,193,266	2,610,392	3,055,859	2,722,159	3,019,007	3,328,196
(21120) Metalworking machine tools	5,174,725	5,252,726	7,075,695	7,663,288	9,497,605	6,715,081	7,442,813	5,298,367	6,521,455	7,753,022
(21130) Textile, sewing machines	1,059,214	1,020,197	1,134,193	1,247,851	1,273,208	1,384,618	1,323,294	965,597	1,172,122	1,158,663
(21140) Wood, glass, plastic	2,597,190	2,503,246	3,367,352	3,645,557	3,628,075	3,510,729	4,139,420	3,414,628	3,639,661	4,334,608
(21150) Pulp and paper machinery	2,278,780	2,372,552	2,566,827	2,718,324	2,852,539	2,701,033	2,955,993	2,311,204	2,458,539	2,669,509
(21160) Measuring, testing, control instruments	13,218,013	13,936,101	16,927,323	16,720,633	19,151,971	20,629,956	20,984,430	16,939,642	21,192,342	23,742,788
(21170) Materials handling equipment	4,488,470	4,655,814	5,984,009	8,162,312	9,919,919	11,985,740	14,728,350	9,722,423	11,728,092	15,725,410
(21180) Industrial machines, other	21,727,003	21,718,029	26,971,265	28,295,944	32,697,001	38,364,090	38,138,302	30,876,273	42,706,077	45,246,226
(21190) Photo, service industry machinery	5,422,145	5,714,167	6,553,936	7,492,107	8,192,305	9,191,558	9,846,793	7,888,360	9,325,816	10,216,596
(21200) Agricultural machinery, equipment	3,526,203	3,793,910	4,422,448	5,144,124	5,312,437	6,268,756	8,297,054	6,253,057	6,803,152	8,774,369
(21300) Computers	9,190,115	8,664,470	9,198,120	10,206,187	11,470,423	13,535,351	14,560,866	12,314,744	14,704,331	16,828,976
(21301) Computer accessories	29,362,295	31,260,248	33,607,204	35,330,167	36,109,996	29,403,993	29,336,861	25,402,179	29,111,043	31,567,258
(21320) Semiconductors	42,234,579	46,137,440	48,050,388	47,221,556	52,429,936	50,444,550	50,603,102	37,487,996	47,185,404	43,773,152
(21400) Telecommunications equipment	22,207,691	20,743,162	24,543,091	25,666,771	28,930,842	31,424,350	32,865,982	28,683,134	31,911,130	35,849,295
(21500) Business machines and equipment	2,023,646	1,927,170	2,110,291	2,335,954	2,702,010	5,392,134	4,246,641	2,973,575	3,136,639	3,179,413
(21600) Laboratory testing instruments	4,824,079	5,118,842	6,093,197	6,665,275	7,280,227	8,128,335	9,011,278	8,693,696	9,952,464	10,659,570
(21610) Medicinal equipment	14,481,033	15,742,536	17,852,664	20,364,358	22,702,165	23,825,242	27,023,260	26,879,276	29,806,850	32,041,187
(22000) Civilian aircraft	26,676,656	23,305,357	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
(22010) Parts-civilian aircraft	12,222,736	12,134,464	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
(22020) Engines-civilian aircraft	11,584,658	11,338,959	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
(22090) Civilian aircraft, engines, equipment, and parts	0	0	46,074,680	55,888,616	64,502,981	73,019,297	73,998,632	74,755,438	71,972,972	80,172,454
(22100) Railway transportation equipment	1,245,275	1,641,902	1,856,082	2,345,207	2,939,640	3,013,878	3,430,978	2,500,782	2,793,787	3,501,116
(22200) Vessels, excluding scrap	204,471	67,122	40,953	64,957	51,701	108,920	88,165	22,016	34,201	96,727
(22210) Commercial vessels, other	179,292	138,968	207,814	230,358	222,441	293,268	372,734	395,242	418,351	424,226
(22220) Marine engines, parts	758,992	793,606	740,348	976,964	1,127,719	1,267,760	1,450,095	1,188,961	1,174,225	1,296,827
(22300) Spacecraft, excluding military	36,932	37,138	53,632	37,955	26,879	30,336	26,555	48,362	31,066	31,559
(30000) Passenger cars, new and used	20,552,414	22,102,841	24,609,325	30,492,691	33,977,613	43,743,138	49,568,671	27,501,371	38,352,940	47,354,593
(30100) Trucks, buses and special purpose vehicles	8,363,362	10,244,379	11,928,396	13,477,345	15,104,176	17,033,187	15,753,472	12,472,506	16,620,736	19,412,257
(30200) Engines and engine parts (carburetors, pistons, ri	10,112,579	10,112,654	10,754,788	11,324,368	12,197,079	13,222,680	12,860,797	8,775,176	12,467,979	14,495,782
(30210) Bodies and chassis for passenger cars	138,831	185,673	148,197	58,449	58,906	187,253	193,100	65,257	85,835	112,037
(30220) Automotive tires and tubes	1,909,086	1,819,338	2,124,051	2,403,281	2,487,460	2,733,607	3,076,308	2,768,978	3,161,658	3,779,355
(30230) Other parts and accessories of vehicles	37,866,139	36,220,655	39,727,480	40,916,620	43,336,184	44,330,344	39,850,620	30,131,644	41,299,692	47,365,340
(40000) Apparel, household goods - textile	6,305,462	5,935,708	5,389,846	5,311,955	5,199,401	4,744,950	4,913,001	4,767,587	5,373,243	6,003,965
(40030) Apparel,household goods-nontextile	1,307,645	1,349,863	1,433,964	1,672,191	1,839,910	1,953,582	2,232,846	2,117,895	2,342,620	2,688,350
(40050) Sports apparel and gear	445,492	421,225	436,046	485,324	588,789	565,214	607,659	520,298	579,838	691,829
(40100) Pharmaceutical preparations	17,347,840	20,529,484	25,431,506	27,618,757	30,919,365	35,164,635	40,422,158	46,122,661	46,606,818	45,468,816
(40110) Books, printed matter	3,969,325	4,175,252	4,397,917	4,820,801	5,205,957	5,586,630	5,808,117	5,183,642	5,418,445	5,366,270
(40120) Toiletries and cosmetics	4,139,641	4,580,874	5,260,323	5,975,099	6,760,241	7,615,193	8,715,182	8,436,427	9,407,275	9,856,247
(40130) Tobacco, manufactured	1,962,035	1,881,706	1,599,295	1,340,630	1,362,074	1,157,107	858,340	533,247	495,653	535,888
(40140) Writing and art supplies	4,609,284	4,695,044	5,062,591	5,623,401	5,835,270	6,182,716	6,743,648	5,942,634	6,892,016	7,133,168
(41000) Furniture, household goods, etc.	2,122,958	2,415,749	2,723,936	2,885,663	3,209,952	3,591,487	4,045,732	3,221,439	3,756,366	4,117,931
(41010) Glassware, chinaware	450,822	348,977	393,530	405,241	433,268	493,571	521,438	395,705	464,291	495,167
(41020) Cookware, cutlery, tools	695,857	687,921	733,034	771,945	871,885	1,003,808	1,029,246	840,518	910,940	1,001,232
(41030) Household appliances	4,536,883	4,830,195	5,224,404	6,050,859	6,636,064	6,940,036	7,376,021	5,919,684	6,607,829	6,873,556
(41040) Rugs	693,290	693,005	789,475	906,070	1,008,340	1,023,943	1,090,418	849,025	995,782	1,078,124
(41050) Other household goods	8,444,489	9,389,945	10,754,075	12,428,236	14,078,144	15,458,272	17,020,468	16,629,750	19,263,042	20,468,527
(41110) Pleasure boats and motors	1,086,943	1,368,396	1,911,421	2,480,770	2,784,741	3,149,061	3,423,537	2,050,067	2,478,428	2,528,049
(41120) Toys/games/sporting goods	5,459,446	5,692,490	6,316,574	7,564,206	9,044,514	11,288,684	11,615,803	9,839,225	10,489,172	10,481,798
(41140) Musical instruments	1,032,717	862,781	1,056,377	1,058,999	1,066,449	2,110,834	2,182,878	2,108,088	2,342,318	2,434,661
(41200) TV's, VCR's, etc.	3,955,119	3,382,301	3,602,070	3,639,449	3,867,843	3,858,229	3,747,936	3,904,324	5,152,573	5,696,021
(41210) Stereo equipment, etc.	1,541,870	1,560,706	1,712,822	2,213,713	2,460,028	2,469,801	2,272,000	1,786,163	1,847,773	1,935,036
(41220) Records, tapes, and disks	3,221,800	3,191,920	3,386,401	3,640,005	3,543,387	4,962,046	5,135,017	4,035,140	4,209,700	4,207,311
(41300) Numismatic coins	56,008	63,051	54,118	67,805	155,242	244,792	321,107	282,087	518,775	1,027,702
(41310) Jewelry, etc	2,968,325	3,049,472	3,867,696	4,727,493	6,150,140	6,974,894	7,189,366	6,807,589	7,614,300	9,070,283
(41320) Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc.	2,901,776	3,036,051	3,877,752	4,778,136	5,952,850	7,497,948	8,448,043	6,861,140	6,839,493	7,451,708
(42000) Nursery stock, etc.	269,747	289,308	313,536	341,782	388,513	422,700	444,337	405,493	416,052	421,920
(42100) Gem diamonds	4,834,043	5,476,603	7,346,005	8,906,873	9,986,079	12,328,131	15,250,311	10,483,995	14,871,427	19,226,612
(50000) Military aircraft, complete	1,672,201	2,159,009	2,360,999	2,417,217	4,464,053	4,174,989	4,580,069	2,381,208	2,076,177	1,739,028
(50010) Aircraft launching gear, parachutes, etc.	89,950	116,027	214,592	305,808	344,801	329,905	393,594	452,002	340,785	316,786
(50020) Engines and turbines for military aircraft	1,836,533	1,320,834	1,260,987	1,566,406	1,643,263	1,780,258	1,772,342	1,912,519	1,989,735	1,997,748
(50030) Military trucks, armored vehicles, etc.	722,039	635,004	745,331	920,345	845,650	1,031,680	926,068	1,012,332	1,067,407	962,843
(50040) Military ships and boats	2,060	1,000	0	0	5,170	23,310	8,624	0	0	0
(50050) Tanks, artillery, missiles, rockets, guns and ammu	1,929,437	1,615,936	2,067,159	2,037,040	2,714,832	2,935,530	2,881,743	3,121,615	3,603,112	3,396,807
(50060) Military apparel and footwear	812,385	844,928	506,395	668,594	693,126	654,518	540,713	434,997	577,474	663,008
(50070) Parts for military-type goods	4,639,359	4,816,374	4,728,834	4,919,362	5,917,827	5,963,682	5,490,903	5,481,298	5,659,354	5,654,596
(60000) Minimum value shipments	14,635,601	15,043,576	16,781,625	18,800,866	21,595,289	24,277,382	27,830,906	22,610,420	33,079,095	30,028,425
(60010) Miscellaneous domestic exports and special transac	6,514,038	5,858,199	5,737,754	5,328,568	5,365,184	6,128,446	6,237,098	5,799,825	5,937,386	5,639,552
(60040) Undocumented exports to Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,347,649
TOTAL	693,103,192	724,770,983	814,874,654	901,081,813	1,025,967,497	1,148,198,722	1,287,441,997	1,056,042,963	1,278,263,225	1,480,552,125

[big'ol_freeper]

Oh boo hoo.

This idiotic mindset is right out of Atlas Shrugged.

Compete or get out.

Socialist idiots.

[central_va]

Why should the US produce everything it needs if people in another country can do it more efficiently

I guess the Chinese can produce our tanks, aircraft and ships for us in the next major war with THEM. .

[central_va]

Ok look at imports, there is still a huge trade imbalance.

[tcrlaf]

“Then lower the taxes and reduce the regulations that have made the US a stupid place to invest. This article is just missing the point, much less being written by an insane person.”

Intel’s CEO tried to tell you what was happening back in 2000.

Emerson Electric’s CEO David Farr told you in GLARING DETAIL in early 2008 why he was closing dozens of U.S. factories and moving the jobs out of the U.S.. The left media vilified him for it, and the mainstream media said he was obviously a racist. The jobs still left.

Until people are willing to ADMIT what the true systemic US problems are, what’s left of our manufacturing will continue to be OUTFORCED by Washington.

Can you hear Ross Perot’s giant sucking sound, yet?

[Toddsterpatriot]

Yes, we have a huge trade imbalance.
What does that have to do with my point?

[Gator113]

This is only a test post for the dictation option on my new iPhone for 4s.

Cool.... only one small error, this seems to be working rather well.

[rurgan]

What you say is totally ridiculous. China makes most of the things we use and now the Chinese state is buying up U.S. banks how is that free trade working out for you.

If we produced only 25% of what China produces for us we'd have how many more industries , technology , factories and jobs in the U.S? How does that hurt the U.S.? What are we producing now because of you free traders:DEBT, non profits that are useless and rely on government grants, government jobs that are useless and grow the debt, debt, more lawyers, most new “jobs” are people on welfare,foodstamps, social security , government jobs,disability, non profit jobs : All of which produce NOTHING but add more debt. You think that is sustainable then you are totally misinformed.

Take the consumer electronics industry which is just one industry out of many that China has stolen from the U.S. In just one product of that the ipad how many technology jobs would come back to America ? Not just the factory workers but programmers, accountants, managers, process engineers, electricians et. And then all the parts for the ipad like the chips and processors ,and the supply chains and supply chains for each part so on etc. : All have gone to china for thousands of electronic products but they could be here in the U.S. . Instead we produce environmental studies with government grants.

[rurgan]

The socialists, the Chinese State just bought a major U.S. bank.

how is that free trade working out for you.

We don't have to let in 2 billion illegals that want to come to the U.S. so likewise we don't have to let in China products. Close the border to illegals and China products.

what you are advocating is the taking away of the U.S. border ( no laws to protect the border against foreign threats which is not freedom but anarchy). Freedom inside the U.S. border has to be protected by armies and by not letting in Foriegn threats like illegals or China products.

[rurgan]

My definition of socialism is government owning most of the country's production.

Socialism is not protecting the U.S. border against foreign threats. We need some laws and some government like the Army ( which is government), police, border protection ( which should stop illegals and foreign products imo.
Are you against the army , against border patrol?

[rurgan]

The value of all that is in inflated dollars. China makes most ( 90%?) of the products everyday Americans use. And you say it's a bad thing if we actually produced just 25% of what China produces for us which we pay with borrowed money(thanks Obama for putting 5 trillion in debt on us and sending more of our factories and jobs to China.)

The fact China has literally stolen most industries from the U.S. , just one example is the electronics industry. So you say that is a bad thing if we actually that industry back. Got news for you but if we can't produce our technology then we are done.

All you free traders agree with Obama and democrats as democrats have done nothing to stop the bleeding of U.S. factories and jobs to China.

[rurgan]

The value of all that is in inflated dollars. China makes most ( 90%?) of the products everyday Americans use. Anything you list on there that is manufactured will go to China soon ,completing the U.S. decline and collapse.

What if we made 25% of what China produces for us : how many jobs , technology and factories would that create for the U.S.?

What we are living off of is trillions in debt. But that will lead to a more massive collapse. If you owed a couple of hundred thousand and then instead of working and paying that down, instead you borrowed $200,000 more and lived it up, yeah you'd be living the high life for a few years but then there will be the eventual collapse: this is what Obama is doing and all you free traders support Obama.

[BfloGuy]

What are we producing now because of you free traders:DEBT, non profits that are useless and rely on government grants, government jobs that are useless and grow the debt, debt, more lawyers, most new “jobs” are people on welfare,foodstamps, social security , government jobs,disability, non profit jobs : All of which produce NOTHING but add more debt. You think that is sustainable then you are totally misinformed.

We [meaning our beloved government] create the debt. The Chinese [or free trade for that matter] have nothing to do with that. If you don't like the debt -- and who does? -- then work to elect a government that spends no more than it takes in through taxes.

Free trade does not create the national debt. It's ridiculous to say that it does. And if you want more manufacturing here (and actually, I do, too) then the way to encourage it is to reduce the costs of doing business in America: taxes, regulations, etc..

But to ask the same government that has created the massive debt (as well as all those social services you mentioned) to now regulate our personal economic lives by charging us more to buy products from abroad just seems crazy to me.

All you protectionists should justify your position by explaining just why an American citizen's freedom to buy and sell property should be curtailed. It's always interesting to me when a supposed conservative calls for more government power and less individual freedom.

Can't wait to hear why you do.

[Toddsterpatriot]

The value of all that is in inflated dollars.

Yes. So is the value of our imports. Do you have a point?

China makes most ( 90%?) of the products everyday Americans use.

That's funny. And wrong.

And you say it's a bad thing if we actually produced just 25% of what China produces for us

I do? Where?

So you say that is a bad thing if we actually that industry back.

I do? Where?

All you free traders agree with Obama and democrats

No, I disagree with Obama and democrats.

[rurgan]

I’ll reply to your post point by point later, but have to go now.

But I have time for this. You free traders agree with Obama, democrats and Marx on this free trade.It’s ridiculous to give China all our technology and allow them to make most (soon every little thing) we use. Anyone that thinks that we the U.S.A. can survive when another country(S) produces practically every damn thing we use is not living in reality but in the media created alternate universe. We are living on debt and that is not sustainable.

[rurgan]

I’ll reply to your post point by point later, but have to go now.

But I have time for this. You free traders agree with Obama, democrats and Marx on this free trade.It’s ridiculous to give China all our technology and allow them to make most (soon every little thing) we use. Anyone that thinks that we the U.S.A. can survive when another country(S) produces practically every damn thing we use is not living in reality but in the media created alternate universe. We are living on debt and that is not sustainable.

Yeah we still have some manufacturing but that will soon all go. Look at the very STEEP decline of manufacturing jobs.And some of those jobs they call manufacturing are in mining etc. which are not really manufacturing. And you keep pointing out the value of manufactured U.S. goods increases . Yeah sure in inflated dollars but jobs and the actual stuff produced are in China.

[airborne]

Anyone that thinks that we the U.S.A. can survive when another country(S) produces practically every damn thing we use is not living in reality but in the media created alternate universe.

I don't think that's the case at all.

I think they're making lots of money off of the situation, and couldn't care less if America suffers, as long as they profit.

[BfloGuy]

You free traders agree with Obama, democrats and Marx on this free trade.

They don't favor free trade at all. Wherever did you get that idea?

Anyone that thinks that we the U.S.A. can survive when another country(S) produces practically every damn thing we use is not living in reality but in the media created alternate universe.

The question you need to ask yourself is why isn't more of it produced here? Now, some stuff will always be made in other countries -- it would be economically foolish for us to try to be self-sufficient. But much more could be manufactured, mined, or drilled for here to be sure.

Hint: it isn't because of our wages. That's a shibboleth. Our wages are relatively high in the U.S. because we have invested trillions into technology that makes each worker more productive. In general, wages as a percent of revenues are the same here.

Curtailing our freedom will not ever bring us more jobs.

[Toddsterpatriot]

I’ll reply to your post point by point later,

Excellent! Hopefully you'll make more sense.

You free traders agree with Obama, democrats and Marx on this free trade.

Please explain how. Be as precise as you can.

It’s ridiculous to give China all our technology

I agree.

and allow them to make most (soon every little thing) we use.

We imported a bit less than $400 billion in Chinese goods last year. Do you imagine that is within light years of "soon every little thing we use"?

We are living on debt and that is not sustainable.

Yes, the government spends way too much. You realize a trade deficit is different than a budget deficit, don't you?

Yeah we still have some manufacturing but that will soon all go. Look at the very STEEP decline of manufacturing jobs.

What about manufacturing output?

And you keep pointing out the value of manufactured U.S. goods increases .

I sure do, because some people, believe it or not, don't think we make anything in America anymore.

[rurgan]

$400 billion in Chinese goods last year”

You said that. I think it is higher(anyone cam make statistics to say practically anything they want and stats U.S. imported 2.2 trillion dollars of imported goods to the U.S. from ALL countries) So china is probably higher than $400 billion. Yeah china is the main problem but many countries are copying China. Still even your number is a HUGE number and how many jobs is that and that is from ONE country China. How much is your number per family(that's about $4000 dollars in goods per American family per year just to china). 2.2 trillion in imported goods is how much per family, per person in the U.s. do the math($20,000 per family). A country that has to have other countries( mainly China) make 2.2 trillion of the things we use and you say that is ok? you are not living in reality. imagine how many jobs, technology , factories etc we'd have in the U.S. if we produced just 1/3 of that 2.2 trillion that we import from other countries? And the worse part is it's getting worse every month so soon as I said practically everything we use will be made in China. Practically everyone knows that most of the stuff we use in made in China . Only you and some other free traders believe otherwise . yes we all are wrong and only you are right( NOT). We import 2.2 trillion of the things we use per year. That's almost practically everything we use already and if anything is left it will soon go overseas. And you wonder why we have to borrow so much , not just Obama's 5 trillion it borrowed but every level of government and individual is also in debt (100 trillion in unfunded liabilities and you fiddle while Rome burns) wake up you free traders.you must not live in the U.S. you are losing money.

Lets take one industry , the electronics industry. That was invented in the U.S.A. . The U.S.A invented and made personal computers, TVS, VCRs, radios etc. Now all of that is made in china.Practically Nothing in that industry is made in the U.S.A. (soon NOThing period). take one product out of the thousands of electronics products, personal computers. Imagine if we put just one factory making ipads here in the U.S.A . How many jobs, technology will that create? and the supply chains to that factory/product, factories for each part like the computer chips,screen, the wires the plastic for the wires and the steel for the parts etc, . Just one factory in that chain has factory workers, engineers, embedded programmers,software engineers, process engineers, electricians, custodians, accountants, lawyers, practically every occupation and technology occupations. all that is in China now and we have lost the ability to manufacture high tech products . You think that is no problem but you put up liberal media propaganda stats etc. You have no idea what makes economy , you think that leaving China have all those jobs and technology and letting them make all that for us is good. you are not living in reality.