Be honest, someone has to cast the die, because US trade deficit had long ago slipped out of control.

Nay, further, financialization of the American economy became downright grotesque; due to steady degradation of the industry, pretty the sole sector outside finances that shows any semblance of healthy growth is oil and gas production & chemical engineering.

Remind me, what was that country that Sen. McCain called "giant gas station pretending to be a real country," eh?