[Erik Latranyi]

The Japanese economy is not designed to improve the lot of the individual...

That is why they created "Employment for Life", right?

Similar complaints in the early 1980's about Japan were heard as we are hearing about China today. We beat Japan in the economic war and we will beat China as well --- providing we do not protect industries that should be allowed to die.

[XBob]

320-"We beat Japan in the economic war and we will beat China as well --- providing we do not protect industries that should be allowed to die."

so, what indstries does that leave us, other than trans-shipping chinese toasters to the end user?

[RLK]

We beat Japan in the economic war and we will beat China as well --- providing we do not protect industries that should be allowed to die.

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Spoken like a high school pom pon girl with no interest in, oe capacity for, substance.