[Paul Ross]

Further evidence that the phoney free traders do not BEGIN to comprehend the havoc they wreaked on our competitiveness with their demented policies....is shown here. His whole post is beyond the pale, but then he concludes in post 355 with this gem: "an example is boeings 787. Boeing cannot raise enough RD developemt funds here, so they must look for foerign investors"

This guy has no idea how gaping is his knowledge deficit. He doesn't know what he doesn't know.

Very disturbing. My conclusion: He must be a product of a very recent public education...

[RightWhale]

A factoid: The transcontinental and spur railroads of the mid to late 1800s were partially funded by European investment. There was a huge crash in railroads four years after the continent was spanned when business didn't go quite right and European investment dried up. It wasn't all bad, but it was dislocating for a few years while the American economy reoriented itself.