[drinktheobamakoolaid]

Getting tough on China is a bad idea. China sells us cheap stuff. If they really are currency manipulators, I’m grateful to them. China is bad for some Americans–those who want to make the same stuff China does. I’d rather those Americans do something else rather than expect me to pay a premium to let them do whatever they want to do. The low point of the debate was when Obama bragged he’d save 1000 jobs in tire industry by making the rest of us pay more for tires. Bad policy.

No mater what the case, I would rather see "Made in the USA"

Championing small business is a bad idea.

Helping small business is not a bad idea. They may make the "Cheap stuff" you referenced in the previous at the beginning.

Energy independence? Another nice sounding impractical idea. And in general, self-sufficiency is the road to poverty, not prosperity. It’s not an admirable goal in and of itself. I recognize the unpleasant side-effects of buying energy from people who are not nice. But my understanding is that independence is a pipe dream.

Ever think that "Pipe dream" may have US oil in it? Maybe it would not be full independence. But using oil from other companies in the US provides jobs.

One last question, "Do you enjoy a high "Trade Deficit"?

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Bingo.

This article represented a China 20 years, or even 10 years ago.

China is changing. Becoming a competitor, even an adversary.

Times are changing. America first.