i think america should make the stuff and buy the stuff. it even kind of makes sense, because you buy the stuff with the money you make selling the stuff. we don't need to do one or the other.
it sounds reasonable. but, it is unfortunately very naive.
in practice, albeit not in theory, that is the system we labeled communism in the 20th century. that was "really existing communism" when it really existed. oversimplified. nobody's expecting that, but it does seem to be what's in the back of don the coyote's sneaky head, and i don't think he fully realizes it.