On 8/21/2010 10:41 PM, Buerste wrote:
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On 8/21/2010 7:26 PM, John R. Carroll wrote:
Wes wrote:
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"Gunner wrote in message
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How China's taking over Africa, and why the West should be VERY
worried

By Andrew Malone
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One of my nephews has the right idea. He has a degree in Russian,
joined the Army Rangers and they are teaching him Chinese. We
should ALL learn Russian and Chinese...THAT'S our future! (thanks
to our politicians that have destroyed this country for their own
gain)


We need to export the EPA to China, that will stop them in their
tracks.


How is that Wes?
The Chinese shut down over two THOUSAND factories as gross poluters last
month and are spending $1.9 billion dollars per month on clean and
renewable
energy alternatives.

Not even the EPA could accomplish that....


The difference between China and us is that in China business doesn't tell
the government what to do. The government does the telling. Moreover if
any business or businessmen actually have the nerve to challenge or to try
to pay off the Chinese government there's a good chance they'll be dead in
short order. It's funny when you think about it. In China the government
is completely authoritarian and nobody tells it what to do, and they still
throw people in prison forever or kill them if they don't like what they
do. Yet they are doing great in business. Which only goes to show that you
don't have to let business run your country and that government can do a
good job running things. Those are two things the right wing would have
you believe can't be done here. Maybe they're right. I think our country
is more corrupt than China is. Over there businesses can't pay off the
politicians to get what they want like they can here. And business rules
here. Not in China. Maybe we should learn from them.


Hawke


And, the Chinese government subsidizes businesses, supplies a lot of raw
materials, machines and supplements labor. No wonder we can't easily
compete.


Yeah. It looks like they have improved on the free market business
model. They cheat a lot too, which makes beating them all the harder. Oh
well, I can't see any reason for us to do anything different. We might
as well carry on as usual and just hope things will change. (sarcasm).

Hawke