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To: Rebelbase
I've visited Guangzhou,a major Chinese city a hour or so north of Hong Kong,twice in my life.Once in 1980 and the second time in 2010.In '80 the streets were full of bicycles,thousands of them,and an occasional truck or bus.The building were low,drab and appeared to be falling down.In 2010 there were traffic jams (Toyotas,Lexus,Kias..and Buicks,surprisingly) and there were a number of huge,modern glass skyscrapers.

All that thanks to the fact that Americans,Europeans and Japanese wanted to pay $20 less for their DVD players.

5 posted on 11/18/2012 8:47:50 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Benghazi: What Did Baraq Know And When Did He Know It?)
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To: Gay State Conservative
All that thanks to the fact that Americans,Europeans and Japanese wanted to pay $20 less for their DVD players.

OTOH, maybe we could learn from them. If we tried free-market capitalism for twenty years, imagine what this country could do.

9 posted on 11/18/2012 8:54:39 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Viva Christo Rey!)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Buick drove around the world in 1925 and was the first car most Chinese had ever seen, in 1929 Buick opened it's first Chinese sales office in Shanghai...
13 posted on 11/18/2012 9:07:03 AM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Gay State Conservative

“All that thanks to the fact that Americans,Europeans and Japanese wanted to pay $20 less for their DVD players. “

Let me rephrase that: “All that thanks to the fact that Americans didn’t have the stomach to take on the unions, the tort system, excessive environmental regulations, and excessive workplace regulations, so they chose to shift production to China instead.”


19 posted on 11/18/2012 9:25:03 AM PST by BobL (You can live each day only once. You can waste a few, but don't waste too many.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

-——All that thanks to the fact that...... wanted to pay $20 less for their DVD players.———

There is a more compelling force at work. The Chinese folks with the cars and other stuff wanted a better life and worked for it. They have transformed themselves from serfs to middle class

Of course, the rest of the world did help by purchasing what they made


23 posted on 11/18/2012 9:37:14 AM PST by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Present failure and impending death yield irrational action))
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To: Gay State Conservative

So just throw up some import restrictions and all will be well? The chinese are getting rich because they sell us really cheap electronics? Or are they getting rich because they work hard, exploit their natural resources...and all the other resources they can get their hands on...and actually understand how to conduct commerce?


34 posted on 11/18/2012 11:32:34 AM PST by FreedomNotSafety
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