Besides American tax payers, how does America make money outside of the United States?

Question

How do we make profit from goods we ship to other nations? What goods are we selling?

Answer 1

We don't. The American tax payer, corporations and small business foot the bill for everything

Answer 2

It all depends on how you look at it.  But, here is how it works:

Company makes "stuff."  The sell it to [Foreign] buyer.  Buyer pays for Stuff, which is paid to the company.  The company then pays its workers, vendors (material suppliers), and the money trickles down to their workers, etc.

Of course, the government only makes money through taxes.  But that is not what economists are really talking about when they are talking about American Wealth or income.  They are talking about the flow of money (or goods and services) into the United States economy.

(Think about it, when the worker has more money, he spends it, and THAT money is then passed to workers, etc., so it really has a multiplier effect).

On the other hand, when we IMPORT goods and services, all of the benefit of the purchases goes to the other country.  FOr example, when we buy a foreign car, some of the money stays here with the dealer.  But the money then goes to (for example) Honda, which then pays its workers, and its vendors, and it helps THAT economy.

This is why, with the outsourcing of jobs, it is such a big issue.  Instead of the benefit of the American Economy going to American workers, more and more, it goes to foreign employees (who spend money in, for example, india, purchasing foreign goods and services, which helps THAT economy, the benefit of which lis lost forever in America).

I know this sounds complicated, but I hope it helps.

Answer 3

We (the country/government) doesn't make money outside of taxes of all kinds.  Businesses, corporations and individuals make money.  The government takes a cut.  Businesses, corporations and individuals export goods to other countries and the government takes a cut.  Businesses, corporations and individuals import goods into the country and the government takes a cut.

The government also issues an assortment of bonds and stocks which might be considered a product.

Answer 4

One way is the selling of weapons.

Answer 5

AmericanCorporations/Business make money external to the United States - the US Government is not in the money making business - not tasked.

In instances where innovative government officials have tryed to reduce costs or even manage agencies to be self-supporting, corporate industries have sued the government for 'competing' and costing them money on their lucrative government contracts.

Answer 6

Helping drug runners,mabe they need to start at the top to have control of drug shipping.

Answer 7

You don't "make" money like a business, you just filter it thru the system

It's not the job of government to "make money"

Answer 8

It all comes from us. Even corporate tax, tariffs, windfall profits tax, are all passed on to us.

Only difference is, the government calls it "government money", rather than taxpayer money. People don't mind them spending it so foolish that way.

Answer 9

i assume that you  mean our government

other than taxes,  govt revenue comes from leasing mineral rights on public lands.  it comes from  sale of timber on public lands.  leasing public lands for grazing.

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if you mean the country , as a whole,  there are too many products to list.  the USA is a major exporter of agricultural products,  machinery,  entertainment products,  transportation products,  technology products, medical products,  pretty much everything  needed for life as we know it is made in the USA.