The comedy of the US Elections Industry

[Drewski Canuck]

So lets say Country 1 wants something it does not have, say bananas.

Now lets say another Country wants to sell bananas, but needs something from the Country 2, say oil.

Each Country exchanges its goods for the other's Currency, which is paid for by the other Country. That is called balance of trade.

Now lets say that Country 1 has NOTHING that anyone wants, say the USA.

But lets say that Country 1 is powerful but its power can by bought, say ELECTIONS.

So every other Country pours their money into Country 1, to try and influence the Election.

Country 1 (the USA) employs its people with the endless repetitive Election cycle, prints posters and pays for Advertising, and rents conference halls and hotels for conference attendees, who drink and eat and talk loudly, on the money from all the other Countries.

At the end of the day Country 1 has a great ECONOMY with lots of SPENDING for giving up absolutely NOTHING to the other Countries for all the foreign money pouring in from all the other Countries. With all that foreign money, Country 1 can buy all the oil and everything else it wants, for giving up NOTHING! The USA did not even give up one banana to the rest of the World for the money the USA received.

You see, the election was going to happen anyway.

Now for all the rest of the World who believe that they have to pour billions into the US Economy to influence the election outcome, the Joke is on you.

But the World better start spending today for what will happen in two years time, because it might be important to some other Country.

Drewski

[Trochu]

Real examples would have been nice. Who/what country is pouring millions into the US because of the election and getting nothing in return?

[st99]

16 billions spent on this election, imagine what could be accomplished with that money

[lmtada]

Country #1, run by Monkey-men. 🍌🍌🍌🍌🦧🦧🦧

[jungleboy]

Except country#1 exported 778 billion worth of goods in 2018 and had a 223 billion trade surplus..

Pretty good for a country that has nothing anyone wants

[Drewski Canuck]

As for who is pouring the money in, well it used to be Russia, but there is alot of foreign influence peddling by many of the World's governments, Non Government Organizations like Sierra Fund, and Multi National Corporations.

And what part of the GDP of the US is represented directly or indirectly by the Elections Industry? That is the trouble with GDP, it does not actually reflect bananas or oil and it does not account for where the money came from or what it was spent on, just that it was received.

Lesson #2, A Political Action Committee is the vehicle that an individual candidate uses to fund its candidacy. If there is extra money left, there is a surprising trend of the Candidate pocketing the excess funds.

That is how you get a wealthy politician when their actual salary would never come close to their wealth.

Drewski

[jungleboy]

Google has lots of this info available .


Top U.S. goods exports
Here's a breakdown of the biggest U.S. export industries in 2017, according to the U.S. Commerce Department.
Food, beverage and feed: $133 billion. Soybeans were the number one product in this category, with sales of $22 billion, followed by meat and poultry at $18 billion.
Crude oil, fuel and other petroleum products: $109 billion. This is one of the fastest growing areas of US exports, up 37% in just the last year.
Civilian aircraft and aircraft engines: $99 billion. This is what makes Boeing (BA) the nation's largest single exporter.
Auto parts, engines and car tires: $86 billion. Many of these are shipped to assembly plants owned by both US and foreign automakers in Mexico and Canada. It's one of the reasons losing NAFTA would be so hard for the auto industry.
Industrial machines: $57 billion.
Passenger cars: $53 billion. American auto plants supply much of North and South America with cars, and also ship to other markets as well. BMW's largest plant is in South Carolina, where it builds all of its X series SUVs. Last year it exported nearly three-quarters of the 371,000 cars it built there, making it the biggest car exporter in the United States.
Pharmaceuticals: $51 billion.
Top U.S. service exports
But the goods that the United States exports only tell part of the story. Services are the biggest US export, with total foreign sales of $778 billion last year. Indeed, the United States has a $243 billion trade surplus in services, which is good news since service industries account for 71% of US jobs.
These are the service industries that bring in the most money:
Travel and transportation: $236 billion.
Finance and insurance: $76 billion.
Sales from intellectual property: $49 billion. This includes software, movies and television shows.

[fishnguy]

Originally Posted by jungleboy

Except country#1 exported 778 billion worth of goods in 2018 and had a 223 billion trade surplus..

Pretty good for a country that has nothing anyone wants

Pretty sure US hasn’t had trade surplus since 70’s or early 80’s.

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