“The year Reagan was sworn into office, 1981, the United States was the largest importer of raw materials in the world and the world's largest exporter of finished, manufactured goods. ... Today, things are totally reversed: We are now the world's mining pit, the largest exporter of raw materials, and the world's largest importer of finished, manufactured goods. This has resulted in an enormous trade imbalance, one that has grown from a modest $15 billion deficit in 1981 to an enormous $539 billion deficit by 2012.” Tax CutsClass WarfareCorporatismBankstersEconomic IlliteracyProgressive Social Policy Book:The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It Source: The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It