[hchutch]

If, that is, China's Enron-style accounting and demograhpic time bombs don't wreck it before then.

They would not consider bailing out if they didn't have to put up with so much BS here. It ain't the money - it's a lot of the BS and crap they take.

But it's always easier to blame "devalued currency" or "free traitors" than it is to fix the real problems in our economic structure. There needs to be some serious common sense brought to our tort system, regulatory system, and tax cdoe quickly, or people won't want to do business here.

[Texas_Dawg]

But it's always easier to blame "devalued currency" or "free traitors" than it is to fix the real problems in our economic structure. There needs to be some serious common sense brought to our tort system, regulatory system, and tax cdoe quickly, or people won't want to do business here.

When trade with Japan and Mexico cause us to collapse economically, as Ol' Pat has been predicting for well over a decade, I'll move on to his thoughts on China. He's running about a decade long backlog of doom and gloom that I have to get out of the way first though.

[Ciexyz]

The workers' comp system is part of the problem, too. In PA, it's out of control.