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What do you want to do cherry? Use military force to keep third world countries in the third world? What happens if capitalism and democracy takes over in China? Are you worried about competing with 1.2 billion free people? It sounds that way.

I say, bring them on. The more they grow up and become free and make more money and create and compete, the more of our stuff they'll buy. And we create high end goods and services.

So you'll either have to market your apples better or grow something else. Or are the apple growers still stuck on the government teat in subsidies and other bad business practices? Do you think competition is bad?

What happens if the world succeeds in creating more and more viable economic countries in Asia, the former Soviet Union, South America, Africa? You want more protectionism from their willingness to make products for less?

Geez, I've heard this same BS argument for decades. Back in the 60's it was all the cheap electronics from Taiwan and Japan. Then it all sucked. Then it came back in the 1980's when everyone was convinced Japan was going to clean our clocks. Heck, dozens and dozens of movies in the mid 1980's were made on the premise of Japan taking over our industries and jokes in TV and movies about how Japan was so much better.

Well, it's now 2003 and where is Japan? Huh? Huh? Economically dead. They didn't take over anything. England and Canada still own more US property and do more business with us.

But I guess some fat, beer swilling, Democratic, union member living in Ohio or PA still needs to be coddled with a $40 hour job plus benefits while they never save a dime for the future (read the part about the guy that was forced to "sell his gun collection"...poor baby. On $16 an hour he thought it was a priority to have a gun collection). My heart bleeds.

Most "poor" people I know have two cars, several TV's, VCR's, DVD players, spend money going out to eat, movies, rentals, have computers, cellphones, etc.

Poor babies.

It reminds me of this mentality in the movies again. Did you see "Spider-man"? Peter Parker's uncle Ben, at the beginning of the movie, was laid off as the CHIEF ELECTRICIAN at some plant after 25 years (they might have said 40 years). And he's worried about how they'll get by. Did the man, with only one kid to worry about, ever save a dime? He drove an older car so he didn't waste it there. Maybe all the money went to repainting the kitchen for no other reason than Aunt May obviously wanted a new color.

After all those years did he not buy his house and have it almost paid off? I'd think so.

Rush Limbaugh once decided to have use a full show (he did many eventually) talking to people that weren't the whiners and the "can't change" folks like is portrayed by the media. He wanted to hear from those that moved on, started a business, changed jobs, etc. Those stories are something to write about, not the whining.

I'd also bet that most of those in this worthless article never bothered to really curb their spending. People resist that more than anything. Heck, most don't even know where the money goes. They don't keep track of spending habits (I do, I have degrees in Economics and Accounting and I'm anal retentive...I can tell you exactly how much I've spent on toilet paper over the last 15 years) and don't break old ideals of having to get your hair done and colored or poker night with the boys.

It's all relative. You just have to know where that relevancy lies.

But I guess some fat, beer swilling, Democratic, union member living in Ohio or PA still needs to be coddled with a $40 hour job plus benefits while they never save a dime for the future (read the part about the guy that was forced to "sell his gun collection"...poor baby. On $16 an hour he thought it was a priority to have a gun collection). My heart bleeds

You remind me of foolish spending that I see here in Philly quite a bit. That being Eagles football fans flying to places like Dallas to see the Eagles play the Cowboys. Most of these people are not wealthy and are predominately blue collar.

I don't like to tell people how to spend their money or raise their kids, but blowing retirement money on a needless sports excursion (especially when you can watch the game on TV for free) seems foolish, don't you think?