[clutchcargo777]

It seems like providing the world with cheap labor is a rite of passage in becoming "developed" China is actually moving over to other countries in the area as it's poor have mostly been elevated beyond where a fish head a day for labor is enough pay.

[RationalExpectations]

Originally Posted by equid0x

I keep wondering when people will wake up to the fact that we are engaged in a cold war with China. China is buying our politicians and media and has paid 1600 online trolls to spread misinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic in an effort to sway public opinion in the US.

Time to cut off diplomatic relations with China and order US companies to move their factory operations back to the US.

It is an economic war. They have waged an economic war on us for 30 years. They steal our intellectual property and wonder why we are upset; they don't see anything wrong with that.

[Clarkcty]

Originally Posted by ddrhazy

Cheaper products leading to the evisceration of the American middle class was never a good trade.

Cheaper products that do not last long, lacking quality. As much as the manufacturing of pretty much everything has been shipped overseas to China, there are still competition. I try to buy something that is made here in the U.S. or elsewhere as opposed to buying something that is made in communist China. It is difficult but yes we are a trading partner of many different countries all around the world. We just have to look for it.
The way communist China is treating its neighbors in Asia regarding the Paracel Island chain and the Spratly Island chain is another issue but if you people only knew, it will make your blood boil all the while the United Nations and the United States allowed for it to happen. Many of these, have now been turned into military installations and at the same time depriving local fishermen of their livelihood. They pretty much taken over the entire chain even though it is nowhere near mainland China. The area is rich in marine life, gas and oil reserves.

[OmegaSupreme]

Wouldn't need any of this if Xi wasn't a lying POS. he's a bigger turd than the potus

[PinkString]

Originally Posted by OmegaSupreme

Wouldn't need any of this if Xi wasn't a lying POS. he's a bigger turd than the potus

No, the turd is Nancy Pelosi.

[OmegaSupreme]

Originally Posted by PinkString

No, the turd is Nancy Pelosi.

Yes she is a turd, they are all turds. Is your line of thinking that if one of them is a turd the others can't be turds? That's like saying "you're gonna die some day anyway.... whether it be a car crash, lightning strike, stroke, heart attack, just add coronavirus to the list. doesn't phase me"

[equid0x]

Originally Posted by PinkString

No, the turd is Nancy Pelosi.

You got that right.

[PinkString]

Originally Posted by OmegaSupreme

Yes she is a turd, they are all turds. Is your line of thinking that if one of them is a turd the others can't be turds? That's like saying "you're gonna die some day anyway.... whether it be a car crash, lightning strike, stroke, heart attack, just add coronavirus to the list. doesn't phase me"

I only call someone a turd if they deserve it. The President is not on that list.

[OmegaSupreme]

Originally Posted by Clarkcty

Blame China??? How about blaming the greedy Americans who shipped the manufacturing base overseas to maximize profits at our expense. They take advantage of every available tax loopholes to maximize profits, heck the clown even gave them a 14% bonus by slashing the Corporate Tax Rate from 35% to 21%. All they did was stock buy backs instead of hiring and rewarding American workers. I don't think highly of the deceitful Chinese government by the way, in case any of you get your panties in a bunch!

Blame the consumer too. Price always wins.

[OmegaSupreme]

Originally Posted by PinkString

I only call someone a turd if they deserve it. The President is not on that list.

You'd be in the 33% minority then, according to the polls. He was a turd before becoming president.

Dammit, I'm stooping to his level now, with the childish name calling.