[kellynla]

And just as we are funding the War on Terror on BOTH ENDS every time we fill up at the gas pumps...we borrow money from the Chicoms so that we can continue to buy their products...how dumb are we?

How do you say “SUCKERS” in Chinese?

[12Gauge687]

It’s not a matter of ‘Chicoms’ as you state. As long as China has had arbitrary authority, this behavior has been going on. It was like that well before the Communists took over.

The reason other countries with ethnic Chinese have progressed is the development of and adherence to contract law.

Too many Americans show outrage about Chinese products but do very little. I was in a bar three years ago when a fellow stopped by. After a few minutes, he started railing against China. When I bet him that his leather jacket was made in China, he took the bet because his brother bought the jacket and he would never buy anything from China. We examined the jacket together and I found the “Made in China” label. Unfortunately, he left immediately and I never got my Balvenie.

[PGR88]

How do you say “SUCKERS” in Chinese? "Sha Gwa" 傻瓜 (literally Stupid-Melon) Means fool, imbecile, and in context, someone easily cheated.

[Elsie]

U S A !

USA!

[shibumi]

"And just as we are funding the War on Terror on BOTH ENDS every time we fill up at the gas pumps...we borrow money from the Chicoms so that we can continue to buy their products...how dumb are we?"

I have long wondered why our country does not simply impose what I like to call "mirror tariffs." This would be the imposition of restrictions on imports that exactly match whatever the restrictions are in the importing country on our goods and services.

If American produce is left to rot on Japanese docks while passing quarantine, then a commensurate restriction on their goods entering the US is imposed. If the ChiComs want to send dog food into the US without quality controls, then we get to send them all the stuff that the CPSC won't let our manufacturers sell here.

Of course, there are probably a host of AufgeblasenBlutegelBourgeoisirBurokraten in Washington (and maybe even a few FReepers) who would lecture me on why this wouldn't work. It makes too much sense.