[WI Conservative 4 Bush]

Good post. You can't 'out-educate' a country that pays it's workers 20-50 cents and hour. Our companies can't compete with that.

What we can do is try to make it easier for US companies to succeed. Tort reform and de-regulation are good places to start. I loath protectionism. However, if China is part of the WTO, the WTO should enforce basic human rights regulations on China.

[RightWhale]

Your comments are right on target. These are solid ideas, but not sexy enough to appeal to many voters. So as campaign issues they won't win elections, yet they ought to continue to be the primary tasks in the legislatures.

[XBob]

66 - "What we can do is try to make it easier for US companies to succeed. Tort reform and de-regulation are good places to start. I loath protectionism. However, if China is part of the WTO, the WTO should enforce basic human rights regulations on China."

good ideas.

Let's add another - de-link the chinese yuan from the US dollar, and let appreciate in value against the dollar, instead of under bidding all the time, making chinese stuff far cheaper than it really is.