Posted on 04/09/2014 12:09:51 PM PDT by mojito
And it would just have to be some miracle that the Chicoms would get some sealift capacity really quickly. The PLA is an internal-control army first and foremost. It might be a continental power somehow. But creating a real sea power takes time, resources and tons of experience and they just are not there yet.
go right ahead. no one will stop you..you”ll get an otay from oblowme
He’s at a gay pride parade and couldn’t be contacted.
“Now would be a good time for Japan to light off a nuke just to show they can. (Yeah, I know about their constitution, but surely it’s a ‘living’ document too?)”
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Japan CURRENTLY has no nukes. However, they have the raw material, technical expertise and needed equipment that could be use to produce literally hundreds of nukes in short order. I’m surprised they haven’t taken that step given China’s recent belligerence toward Japan.
They're being patient...they've got until Jan 2017 to accomplish their missions.
Restore the import tariffs. Let China worry about how to feed it’s people instead of how to antagonize us.
“Japan CURRENTLY has no nukes. However, they have the raw material, technical expertise and needed equipment that could be use to produce literally hundreds of nukes in short order. I’m surprised they haven’t taken that step given China’s recent belligerence toward Japan.”
My understanding of Japanese politics and public opinion is that letting anybody know they have them could potentially collapse the current regime. They have their own anti-Japanese defense group, probably similar to our anti-American power liberals.
And it would just have to be some miracle that the Chicoms would get some sealift capacity really quickly.
The Chinese have the third largest merchant fleet on the planet, and it is growing quickly. The U.S. has the tenth largest, and it is declining.
This list is from 2008, and does not include Chinese-owned ships registered in other countries:
barge carrier 4,
bulk carrier 451,
cargo 689,
carrier 2,
chemical tanker 69,
combination ore/oil 1,
container 162,
liquefied gas 44,
passenger 8,
passenger/cargo 83,
petroleum tanker 244,
refrigerated cargo 33,
roll on/roll off 10,
specialized tanker 9,
vehicle carrier 17
They could do it, as long as they stay under land-based air cover. However, Okinawa wouldn’t ever be on that list, I think. Much more likely the Southern Ryuku’s, near Taiwan.
“Restore the import tariffs.”
I REALLY dislike it when I see this.
Restoring Tarriffs, and destroying American’s standard of living, without addressing all of the reasons manufacturing fled America in the first place, is just mindless tripe.
Really? Well the Chinese are in for it now...
Kerry won’t invite the them to any A-List parties from this point on... AND he’s going to give them the cold shoulder at the yacht club.
Kerry’s not putting up with their crap. We can all be proud.
It’s long been regarded as common knowledge in China, that Japanese are Chinese.
America did just fine when the tariffs were in place. Tariffs are what the founding fathers recommended. Tariffs are what Republicans used to support.
What is destroying American's standard of living is letting low wage, high excess labor countries like communist China compete against American manufacturers for the American consumer market. We don't even charge importers a tariff equal to the tax burden on domestic producers. So we've created tax incentives to off-shore.
The main reason manufacturing fled America is because we lowered the import tariffs, and suddenly they realized just how cheap labor was overseas. And since there was no barriers to ship the product back here, they off-shored. And then it became a race to the bottom. Even if you didn't want to off-shore, you better off-shore, because if you competition does it, they are going to be able to price compete you right out of business.
America did just fine when the tariffs were in place. Tariffs are what the founding fathers recommended. Tariffs are what Republicans used to support.
What is destroying American's standard of living is letting low wage, high excess labor countries like communist China compete against American manufacturers for the American consumer market. We don't even charge importers a tariff equal to the tax burden on domestic producers. So we've created tax incentives to off-shore.
The main reason manufacturing fled America is because we lowered the import tariffs, and suddenly they realized just how cheap labor was overseas. And since there was no barriers to ship the product back here, they off-shored. And then it became a race to the bottom. Even if you didn't want to off-shore, you better off-shore, because if you competition does it, they are going to be able to price compete you right out of business.
“we lowered the import tariffs, and suddenly they realized just how cheap labor was overseas.”
Over-Unionizatiom, Over-regulation, insane and ever-changing enviro rules, and Unlimited Civil Liabilty had nothing to do with it???
If they do, this regime won’t do anything substantial to stop them.
Not really. You can do that stuff and it adds to the cost of a product. But as long as you have protective import tariffs, you're not likely to kill the industry.
Doing away with protective import tariffs when you are an advanced industrial nation is national suicide. Doing away with import tariffs, when you have a high regulatory burden, is faster suicide.
Steel and coal began dying long before NAFTA, due to the Clean Air Act regulations. The examples of US Industries destroyed and forced overseas are too numerous to list at this point.
To think tariffs would solve that is just ....
Lamous fast words.
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