Then leave. Take your big, beautiful American business and walk it the fuck out of the European economic zone. It's that easy!

That said... it will be awfully hard for Americans to wriggle their way out of the $125 billion annual trade deficit they run with the EU. If the US stops trading to defend "principled" economic development, then the citizens will be paying down America's debt with their income taxes.

No biggie. It's only like ~$800/taxpayer/year when you run the numbers.

You run a $149 Billion annual services deficit with the US.

No biggie. It's only like ~$800/taxpayer/year when you run the numbers.

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And can we talk about how absolutely cartoonish that is when the 77% of that is digital, aka things you should have been able to build if you weren't leaking all of your top minds to power the US's service economy.

The US is actively trying to self-destruct and the EU still can't seize that moment, instead tripling down on the role of toll collector, and you'll see rabid behavior the moment you call that out.

Make sure to tell your coroner, if you want all that written on your tombstone or recorded for posterity. I suspect it won't age well regardless.

> you'll see rabid behavior the moment you call that out

This is probably the most rabid overreaction I've ever seen on the site, pining for some guy's death over mentioning a factual statement about a trade imbalance.