Ominous warning: Admiral concedes U.S. losing dominance to China

The Washington Times ^ | Thursday January 16, 2014 | By Guy Taylor and Rowan Scarborough

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Ominous warning: Admiral concedes U.S. losing dominance to China

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America, stop sending US industry to China.

America needs to build things right here, in America.

Bring back American manufacturing.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Yes it is late, but it is never “too late”.

Bring back US manufacturing.

America needs to compete. Not send industry to China and elsewhere.

We need to made things right here.

How we do that is open to discussion, but we need to make things right here in America.

A lot of things.

Stop buying everything from China.

[tsowellfan]

America needs to compete

Remember at one of the latest Olympic Games when liberal Americans frowned on Americans cheering "USA, USA, USA"?

True, we need to compete but I don't think we have it in us to win such a battle. Not only are we infested with America-Hating liberals who control most of our government even when republicans are the majority party but we are now flooded with foreign nationals who put their own nation number one when cheering for the games or shopping for brands. Heck, for the foreign nationals, USA does not even come in second at the shopping center. They even cheer China's rise.

Unfortunately, foreign nationals who live in the USA (such as Mexicans...etc) do not see China as foe like we do. They just don't. You do, I do but we've become the minority and the majority leadership in DC likes it that way.

[B4Ranch]

Just what party is it that you expect to bring America back to where we once proudly stood? The Republicans? Sure, Boehner is doing everything he can to get 15 million illegal Mexicans amnesty so they’ll vote as Democrats. Sorry but as much as I admire Cruz and Palin, I don’t think they can do it either.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Exactly yes.

That is PRECISELY who I want to stand up, and lead us forward.

You completely nailed it. 100%.

Palin and Cruz. Absolutely.

I don’t even know for a fact that either of the two of them, actually are for buying American.

But they are exactly who I hope stands up, sets a pace, and leads America to a renewed sense of purpose. And a new sense of buying American.

Thank you for that post.

[The_Media_never_lie]

China no better? It is much worse!

[cunning_fish]

>>>Yes it is late, but it is never “too late”.

Bring back US manufacturing.

America needs to compete. Not send industry to China and elsewhere.<<<

I guess it is about 20 years too late.

Not only a retail business won’t ever comply in evicting Chinese goods, the vast majority of customerswon’t ever like an idea to pay 10 times more for non-Chinese toothvrush and things like that.
A plenty of cheap Chinese crap is that replaced American dream for them.

[Bulwyf]

An education does not dictate pay, the assumption that one needs a university degree or something similar to make real money is a dangerous thing to be telling our kids.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

See I’m not sure there is an unlimited amount of welcome to imports.

China does not allow foreigners to own Chinese land.

This is an increasing issue. China wants to sell us cheap goods and then buy American land. But Americans cannot purchase Chinese land.

Same with Chinese companies. Sure America can buy things which are made in China, but they have to buy them from a company which is majority-owned by Chinese.

Again. No such law, applies to America.

I say no. China is not the same as America, and the sooner we stop treating China like another America, the better off we will all be.

Bring back American jobs.

Stop selling out America.

Now.

[DesertRhino]

I remember when military leadership knew that you don’t prepare for what you think they intend to do, but instead prepared for what they were capable of doing.

Our top military leadership is of the very lowest quality in US history. (unless of course you want someone to serve on a corporate board, or a university faculty)

[Liberty Valance]

bmrk

[CowboyJay]

"I suppose we could boycott China but do we still have the buying power to make the difference?"

According to the Chinese I talk to on a regular basis, it would bring their growth to a grinding halt. 5% of their GDP is US exports, along with their largest source of foreign direct investment. And another couple percentage points are US-licensed products being sold in China and exported to other countries. It all adds up to somewhere between $1-$1.5 trillion a year. And it spends very nicely in the resource markets they've steadily been pushing us out of.

Of course they hold roughly $3 trillion is US paper between treasuries and dollars, so they could probably hit back pretty hard on that front. But the question is whether we want to passively sit back and let them slowly choke us out, or if we want to try to throw our weight around now while we still have a puncher's chance.

. It's hardly all self-inflicted damage. China spent huge amounts lobbying our crooked politicians. There were backroom deals made from 1970 on made by top level politicians on both sides with nothing like full disclosure to the US public. IMO they've reneged on their half of the "Free Trade" bargain that most of us have opposed vehemently from the get go.

[pallmallman]

I’m opposed to everything this bastard in chief does.

[CowboyJay]

"Not only a retail business won’t ever comply in evicting Chinese goods, the vast majority of customerswon’t ever like an idea to pay 10 times more for non-Chinese toothvrush and things like that"

All Chinese goods have to come in through US ports-of-entry which could be shut down by the US gov't tomorrow at dawn if they really wanted to. Few if any are expensive enough to bother smuggling in, and would probably cost more than US goods after the smugglers took their cut.

American made toothbrushes would not cost 10X more. We're being sold down the river for ridiculously small markups. Less than 10% per unit cost in some cases.

[driftdiver]

Throughout Chinas history they have always sought to be the strongest. They haven’t always been successful but they will keep trying.

[SeminoleCounty]

Put tariffs on the Communist Chinese, and the nonsense stops

Free Traders are the biggest statists, supporters of Communism, and overall economic sabotage of America. I always prefer tariffs over treason

[SeminoleCounty]

Good post...yes products would not cost much more if made in the US than Communist China. In fact, the reduction in transport costs would make up any difference in labor costs

Too many folks on here are apologists for Communist China, and like a weak America.

Tariffs are better than Treason

[central_va]

American made toothbrushes would not cost 10X more. We're being sold down the river for ridiculously small markups. Less than 10% per unit cost in some cases.

That is the favorite Free Traitor scare tactic, the $10.00 tooth brush. Only the economically ignorant would fall for that one. Labor costs in an semi automated factory(anywhere in the world including in the USA)making dental products is probably less than 5%.

[central_va]

Everyone thinks Dick Nixon’s biggest legacy was Watergate. Well it’s not, it’s China. We were winning the Cold War without allying with the ChiComs, what a stupid move that was.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

The problem is, our leadership does not include American economic strength in its analysis of American strategic power.

Our economy is rapidly collapsing. We are 17 trillion dollars (and growing) in debt.

Our military budget is capped, and may even end up shrinking.

All the while, China is adding businesses, and getting ever stronger.

American needs American strength. American strength.

Bring back manufacturing to America.

Stop sending US manufacturing to 49% owned Chinese factories which simply transfer the technology to other Chinese companies.

America needs to grow, and bring back our own manufacturing.

Wake up people.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Part of what is going on, is that China is (much) tougher on our companies in trade, than America is on Chinese companies.

The issue is, that Chinese companies are run by the Chinese government. I know there are exceptions. but China is a huge communist country.

American companies are out there acting in their own independent interests, in a country run by a handful of communist dictators.

China has set up a hugely efficient government which is focused on taking over every manufacturing business, in the world.

Just one generation ago, America held global leadership.

Now China exports more than America.

We need to wake up. China is beating America.

Right now. We are rapidly losing.

Wake up.

Bring back American industry.