[youngidiot]

It's futile. They take the belief as a matter of faith.

Nothing, however, can be more absurd than this whole doctrine of the balance of trade, upon which, not only these restraints, but almost all the other regulations of commerce are founded. When two places trade with one another, this [absurd] doctrine supposes that, if the balance be even, neither of them either loses or gains; but if it leans in any degree to one side, that one of them loses and the other gains in proportion to its declension from the exact equilibrium." - Adam Smith

John Maynard Keynes is responsible for much of this obsession over "trade deficits".

Last time we had a trade surpluses was during the wonderful Carter years. When all of us were f**king broke (back to the grocery store example). Do all of these pseudo intellectuals arguing that "trade deficits" are bad wish that upon us? They're like idiotic liberals when it comes to this debate. Like I said, it's futile.

[Doctor 2Brains]

Yep. It’s like tryin’ to tell a lib that an “assault rifle” is not a futuristic killing machine, only slightly less lethal than an ICBM.