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Of course. Its cognitive bias at work. People are always discontent with their government. Failing to properly understand economics and politics, people exaggerate things to find reasons to accuse the government.

If you exclude services, then 35% of consumer spending is on imports. I think that number matches up more closely with peoples expectations. That said, oil really distorts that number.

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