By conducting free and open trade with a totalitarian country that pegs its currency to the USD, the United States is slowly but steadily eroding its power and ability to create things.
"By conducting free and open trade with a totalitarian country that pegs its currency to the USD"
not to quibble but i believe China floated its currency recently. Here take a looksie
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4703477.stm