Posted on 12/30/2014 7:15:12 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
IN 1982 a Chinese aquaculture scientist named Fusui Zhang journeyed to Martha’s Vineyard in search of scallops. The New England bay scallop had recently been domesticated, and Dr. Zhang thought the Vineyard-grown shellfish might do well in China. After a visit to Lagoon Pond in Tisbury, he boxed up 120 scallops and spirited them away to his lab in Qingdao. During the journey 94 died. But 26 thrived. Thanks to them, today China now grows millions of dollars of New England bay scallops, a significant portion of which are exported back to the United States.
As go scallops, so goes the nation. According to the National Marine Fisheries Service, even though the United States controls more ocean than any other country, 86 percent of the seafood we consume is imported.
But it’s much fishier than that: While a majority of the seafood Americans eat is foreign, a third of what Americans catch is sold to foreigners.
The seafood industry, it turns out, is a great example of the swaps, delete-and-replace maneuvers and other mechanisms that define so much of the outsourced American economy; you can find similar, seemingly inefficient phenomena in everything from textiles to technology. The difference with seafood, though, is that we’re talking about the destruction and outsourcing of the very ecological infrastructure that underpins the health of our coasts. Let’s walk through these illogical arrangements, course by course.
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EPA and the Corps Of Engineers won't let you do that. The water belongs to the King, don'tchaknow.
US Department of the Interior forces closure of century old Oyster farm. http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/U-S-evicting-Point-Reyes-oyster-farmer-4077624.php
If we actually had Free Trade it would be awesome.
What we have is heavily subsidized and/or regulated trade by the FEDGOV and that screws everything up.
LOL then the EPA will declare your property a "wetland" and everyone from Fish and Wildlife to the BLM will help you properly regulate it. It's for the endangered catfish you know.
I agree with you 100%.
America is completely sold out, to China. Our companies no longer, support the country they grew up in.
Someone needs to stand up for America, there will be quite a battle, but America wants America to grow once again.
It is coming.
By the way, in my previous post I said “the battle”.
I think that is a figure of speech.
Remember however, China has almost five times America’s population.
I’m not sure that is figuratively, the way things are headed.
America needs to bring back American businesses.
Soon.
Look it up.
from further up --- "the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is about to allow U.S chickens to be sent to China for processing and then shipped back to the U.S. for human consumption."
Kinda like the ol hound dog gettin in the chicken pen for the first time, once they taste blood you'll never keep’em outta that chicken pen.
So it goes for freedom lovin Americans. They will never, ever, ever extinguish the fire of freedom within us. We will fight to keep America free.
This is the exact reason our young’ns are being brainwarshed and the heat turned up ever so slowly...so the last generation to realize freedom dies off or we become too old to defend it.
Not sure who is the biggest enemy, China or the communist within America.
Remember, the democrat party is not the same democrat party decades ago. It has been infiltrated by communist/socialist/anti-god/secular humanist crowds. Various groups with similar ideologies and goals. Those who hate what America stands for.
The republicans have been infiltrated by some of the same (compare voting records), but in large part are pro one world ideology. Multinational corps stuffing campaign cash into the pockets of crooked political figures with greed/power/control on the brain. These individuals pass trade deals so lopsided it makes the average joe scratch his head in disbelief. Furthermore, these multinational entities sought to open the communist Chinese markets over two decades ago.....huge new consumer class in China/India, not simply cheap labor.
When is the last time you witnessed legislation downsizing the size and scope of the federal government? Protecting American workers/industry? Calling for China/India to put In place worker safety / labor laws..environmental protections? Demanding an even trade playing field? How about sanctions for Chinese currency manipulation giving the commies a clear trade advantage?
How about serious legislation cutting corporate taxes/regulation here in the states to spur corp investment back into the states? Perhaps amnesty on hundreds of billions of corporate profits hidden in various banks worldwide to protect against the worlds highest corporate tax rate on the globe and federal punitive actions for hiding the profits?
You don't and you won't.
Our system is broken. Not because of the model, it's the finest In the world, it is because of crony capitalism and corruption I all levels of gubbamint.
What a way to do business~!!!! It defies logic.
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