Don't dodge the question.
My answer to your question is because we stopped manufacturing in this country of things like steel and most everything else.
By allowing our manufacturing base to go over seas we weakend our economy.
No more good paying union jobs. What good are cheaper goods if no one can afford to buy them? How is buying imports helping to strengthen our economy?
How are you and more so your children and grand chikdren going to benfit from record trade deficits?