Good we’re looking at the same chart. So 2017 is lower than 2016 and 2018 is also forecast to trend down.

I like some of Ron’s libertarian ideas, but I won’t take financial advice from him as his track record has been pretty bad. I wouldn’t worry so much about federal deficit because it’s mostly financed by the fed and public debt, but trade deficit is a bigger problem, because it’s financed by foreign government.