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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:01 AM Original message |
China Tells US 'Good Old Days' of Borrowing Are Over |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. incompetence in congress and the white house = USA is screwed lol nt |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
79. It's Game Over. |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #79 |
137. I agree with you. Do you think an emergency session of Congress |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #137 |
199. Why? They won't do anything. |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
80. Obama didn't create the debt crisis, the blame both sides excuse doesn't work here. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. He didn't create the mess, but |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #82 |
145. Agreed - It used to be "the buck stops here" |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #145 |
146. +1 |
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Knight Hawk (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 06:11 PM Response to Reply #145 |
147. as Socrates said "Know Thyself" |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #145 |
150. He was blinded by his ambitions and lacked the patience |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:19 AM Response to Reply #145 |
210. Believe me.. |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 01:18 AM Response to Reply #82 |
179. What a crock, He's fighting a House where the numbers are against him. |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #179 |
190. The numbers in the House weren't always against him. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:17 PM Response to Reply #179 |
203. He's fighting? You could have fooled me. He seems to be compromising. nm |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. He didn't created it but he has furthered it by his policymaking. |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #83 |
106. & not prosecuting those wealthiest who broke our laws |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #106 |
114. Absolutely! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:10 PM Response to Reply #80 |
104. Unfortunately, Obama was there ... and he was putting Social Security/Medicare "on the table" ..!!! |
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TomCADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #104 |
161. So, You Support Medicare/Social Security Cuts To Keep China Happy? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:33 PM Response to Reply #161 |
171. Think you've responded to the wrong post -- |
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Creideiki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #80 |
133. Obama ignored the People's Budget which took care of the long term debt crisis |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #80 |
186. He isnt fighting hard enough. We must draw the line and fight or our democracy will continue to slip |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #186 |
200. He ISN'T fighting. He's NOT lifting a finger to help us! |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #200 |
202. So what can we do? nm |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
102. +1 -- Elites aren't going to go for a "buy American" campaign .... |
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seeker4ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
143. Kochs and the Corporacrats WANT America to look like China! |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
2. Being criticized by a communist country for excesses in capitalism |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. China is as capitalist as we are, just in a different phase. "Communist" CHina was a long time ago. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. How is it ironic? Has China overspent? Overborrowed? |
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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. LOL your kidding right? |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
94. Come on how are we any better than China... |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
78. They have a housing bubble ready to pop from what I read. nt |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 03:42 AM Response to Reply #78 |
182. Yes, they do--ready to pop like a big nasty zit! |
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jzodda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. China is more capitalist than we are |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #46 |
61. And will be again, if the Kochs et all have their way |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #46 |
84. "the robber baron stage" has always been the permanent state of American capitalism. nt |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
47. China is not communist. They're capitalist. The premier of the CP is a billionaire. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #47 |
63. China is a single-party Authoritarian Capitalist state with socialist public welfare policies. |
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seeker4ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #63 |
144. It's a Corporacratic dream. It will be America is a few years. |
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blank space (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #144 |
155. fascist |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #63 |
215. True enough, but it cannot be denied that the Chinese middle class |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #47 |
168. China's state council has a premier, not the CPC. And he's not a billionaire. |
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lunasun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 11:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
177. Yes no pretense there on what is really going on unlike here . They know they are under control of a |
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SleeplessinSoCal (710 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
93. Putin isn't holding back either... |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. Why not - Predatory Trade practices / sought to destabilize US currency |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. China is the culprit here as well as the Banksters |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. No Love lost there |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. This will sting like hell but hey, sometimes ripping |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Not my fault. I have never voted for any of the current incumbents, state |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. It applies to those in the past in elected office to not just incumbents |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I have never sat out any election since I became eligible to vote in 1970. |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
87. Yes, I voted in the last election and have ever since I turned 18 as I decided |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
65. Stupid and ridiculous. |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #65 |
90. I agree about the every 2 years having to vote causing problems |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #90 |
152. I don't decide the course of the nation. |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 09:03 PM Response to Reply #152 |
167. Who elects the leaders? |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #167 |
188. Who chooses the leaders to elect? |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #188 |
193. Trying to use money excuse isnt valid imo because we still cast votes. |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:55 PM Response to Reply #193 |
204. All Carly Fiorina showed was that some products aren't salable. |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #204 |
205. You are still responsible for your vote even if a |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #205 |
207. The country hasn't followed my vote since I've been of age. |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:24 AM Response to Reply #207 |
209. your still focusing on one issue |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #209 |
211. Sorry, I reject that. |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #211 |
212. Errata and adendum |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #90 |
154. "IMO its all our fault" |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #154 |
166. Point to you, yes "collectively our fault". |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
81. Tenure really serves a legitimate purpose, doesn't it? |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #81 |
125. That's 90% of them, because this is west Texas, very anti-union, pro-boss |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
108. At the least .... !! Thanks ! |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
60. Nope. I'm not guilty of anything. |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #60 |
100. See thats part of the problem right there people in general |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #100 |
151. I don't even buy that this has anything to do with it. |
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The Green Manalishi (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. No more at fault than a drug dealer for supplying what the "victim" wants. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. And when China calls in its loans? |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #34 |
76. China bought Treasury Bonds, the same as anyone else... |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
85. "Calls in its loans"??? Care to elaborate? Are you speaking |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #85 |
123. It offers even less safety than the U.S. imo |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
110. Neither China, nor your bank, can "call in the loan" |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
140. What I should have said was: "dumped its US debt" |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
73. China is conducting the same monetary policies on us, as we did on Asia in the 90s |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
127. IMO, They have not underestimated us yet. |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
138. Precisely |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. If China would let their currency reflect their actual value, this wouldn't be happening at all. |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Not to mention US refusal to close Tax Loopholes that outsource American Jobs |
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George1984 (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. How is any of this China's fault? |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
97. Yep, you nailed it George. |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
119. Because what you propose isn't legal, for one thing. |
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George1984 (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #119 |
170. Pardon the language used |
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George1984 (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #119 |
175. Not legal to help? |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 01:15 AM Response to Reply #175 |
178. You are conflating the national guard and the regular military. |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 06:25 AM Response to Reply #178 |
184. "...nearly 28% of total US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #184 |
191. Yes, the feds can borrow the national guard from the states |
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George1984 (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #191 |
192. Not sure if that was directed at me.. |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #192 |
201. No, it wasn't. But some answers |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
96. Of course |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
169. Actually, all currencies should give up the float. |
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MrTriumph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
4. How about we create jobs in the US by not buying from the Cheating Chinese? |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Just closing the tax loopholes would work for me |
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MinneapolisMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
6. Fine by me. |
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chalky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
7. Fine. They can return the jobs that they "borrowed" from us. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. Well then we just won't buy their stuff |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
13. So let's stop buying from China |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
14. republicans have made this country look weak! |
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Creideiki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
134. Not just Republicans. Conservatives. |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
17. I know how to raise some money |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
18. Cost of meds will skyrocket. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. We could fix that, if we had the will. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. A good website |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
20. What do we need their money for anyway. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. We need it to finance our massive debt and without it we would be in a real pickle. n/t |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
77. Actually it is more like |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #37 |
88. So China is now our bank? |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. I don't know exactly how it came to this and there is plenty of blame to go around for |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #37 |
115. Actually, we don't. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
24. We are running a failed system. Borrow & spend does not work. Tax & spend does. |
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madville (743 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
27. China is not the United States' biggest creditor |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
71. please do not confuse people with the facts...oh yes... |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
86. Actually, I think China only holds about 4.5% of US debt, but otherwise |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
116. And single biggest creditors are bad ways to measure such things. |
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Drahthaardogs (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. Good. Maybe now we need to tell China |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
30. That's OK. My good old days of buying Chinese ended a couple years ago. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
31. China's military % GDP: 1.65% |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
32. Why falsely state that China is US biggest creditor? Social Security trust fund is |
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madville (743 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Social Security is essentially broke since the trust fund is US debt |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #39 |
57. Fallacious old right wing cliché. |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. They just don't want to have to pay it back |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #59 |
98. That is my perception. Everything else is rationalization and propaganda. |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. quick question |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. Quick answer |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. Deleted message |
Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #74 |
95. Borrowing more, taxing more, growth in the economy, or cutting some other program. |
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AdamVikingen (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
35. Time for change |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
148. Good luck with that, honey. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
36. A lot of people in this thread seem to think that it's OK if China cuts us off. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. You got it. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. I left out the most likely scenario. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #51 |
103. Better yet, we stop all this free trade bullshit with China and everybody else. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #103 |
113. Oh I agree with you, but more free trade agreements, not less are in the works as we speak. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #113 |
165. I am painfully aware of that. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #51 |
132. Agreed. |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
105. We already have someone to finance our debt. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #105 |
111. Here are the stats. |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #111 |
122. 26% of 32% isn't a large percentage. |
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dogmoma56 (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
38. so is this hard ball because the Democrats didn't join a prayer meeting and pray the rich get richer |
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Leontius (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
41. US tells China 'Good old days' of currency manipulation, |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
42. Hey China, Who Are You Gonna Sell All That Junk To? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
43. Stop buying China's goods. Start today, if you haven't already. I began years ago. |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
44. How about this? |
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corkhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
45. Where's my broker? SELL!! SELL!!1!!1 |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
49. IT'S THE EMPIRE, STUPID!!!! |
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dogmoma56 (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
50. ...because the GOP is out of control and a threat to the stability of the worlds economy in order to |
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ramapo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
52. US spent itself into oblivion, just like the USSR |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #52 |
66. It's been tax cuts more than any other thing that have caused our deficits. |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
53. OK CHINA. Depeg from the dollar and see what happens to your economy. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #53 |
72. 6.5% inflation in china with a housing bubble equal to ours |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
54. Does this mean the end of Walmart charge cards? |
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Dave From Canada (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
55. You guys need to get serious about cutting spending. In Canada during the mid 1990s, we cut almost |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Amazing how much $$$ we could save if we just just shrunk the military 50% |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #56 |
68. imagine how much we could save without these wars |
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Dave From Canada (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #56 |
120. Yep, your deficit would go from 1.5 trillion to like 1.1 or 1.2 trillion. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #120 |
172. Our total Defense Budget is $1.030–$1.415 trillion |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #55 |
62. Easy for you to say, you don't have a bloated military/industrial complex hanging around your necks. |
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Dave From Canada (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #62 |
130. We have had to cut health care. But our health care isn't national. It's provincial. Each |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #130 |
164. We actually contribute the proper amounts to fund our pension system too. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #130 |
176. And as a result you guys are feeling the stagnation too... |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:13 PM Response to Reply #55 |
107. You guys need to get serious about cutting taxes. |
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Dave From Canada (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #107 |
118. Really? Cause our corporate tax rate is a lot lower than yours. Taxes has nothing to do with it. |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #118 |
128. Our actual corporate tax rate is lower than yours. |
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Dave From Canada (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #128 |
131. We also have corporate deductions. But we allow corporations to repatriate money abroad at almost |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #131 |
141. republican talking points |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #131 |
159. Wow..really don't know what you're talking aboot, eh? |
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onpatrol98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 08:03 PM Response to Reply #131 |
162. So, tell us how you really feel, Dave... |
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George1984 (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #131 |
174. Dave's not here man.... |
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onpatrol98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #55 |
117. Canada cut 20% across the board... |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
58. "messes of its own making" |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
67. I agree with China. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
69. looks like china is the new world standard now... |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #69 |
129. Nope, they're not ready to be the new world currency |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #129 |
136. exactly..... |
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onpatrol98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 08:07 PM Response to Reply #129 |
163. true |
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unionworks (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
75. Dear China |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #75 |
89. Dear uninworks |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #75 |
109. It would be great to see the US make it's own stuff again, but it won't happen |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
92. Now we have the very same AA+ rating that China has. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #92 |
142. Funny, though, how China isn't borrowing money from us. |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
99. Huge deficit started 30 years ago (Reagan) the lying idiot republicans want to blame Obama' 2 1/2 yr |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
101. Uncle Sam "the dead beat" -- by GOP and Obama -- !! |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
112. So...where's the down side? |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #112 |
149. the Yuan would rise |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 07:56 PM Response to Reply #149 |
160. You vastly overstate the benefit of the dollar as a reserve currency. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 04:13 AM Response to Reply #160 |
183. The issue is the petrodollar recycling program |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #183 |
206. You know, I'm not sure if I've ever seen an argument that is more wrong. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
121. Here's an idea. I know it's crazy, but indulge me, |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #121 |
126. Exactly. |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #121 |
135. Esactly. Tell China...."IT'S OVER" no more shipping your inferior.... |
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FreeStateDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
124. We need to cut back on the 'Good Old Days' of importing Chinese junk. |
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Firebrand Gary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
139. And GOOD OLD AMERICA should slap a 20% tax increase on all product made in China. |
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SanchoPanza (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
153. The "good old days" of subsidizing exports through currency manipulation are over. |
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cppuddy (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
156. to hell with china |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
157. ...but we can just print more money? |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
158. China also wants us to cut social spending. China can go jump in the Yangtze. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
173. Well we know who will blink first nowadays. |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
180. The world needs us to be AAA rated. |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
181. The world needs us to be AAA rated. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #181 |
216. Deleted message |
sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
185. China's peg of their currency.. |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
187. Dear china, so are the days of 2 1/2 % import fees..they are now 25% |
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ArcherMike (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
189. A "new stable global reserve currency" |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
194. Thank you teabaggers |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
195. China poisons the world |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
196. That's OK, "there is an invention called the printing press." |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
197. Does this mean we'll undergo cheap plastic crap withdrawal? |
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roomfullofmirrors (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
198. trade war time. get some. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
208. China may turn into a bigger consumer market than we are |
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AverageJoe90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 05:41 AM Response to Reply #208 |
213. What has post-Mao China done for anybody, anyway |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
214. How dare the Chinese try to tell the US what to do! Don't they know the US is #1? :sarcasm: nt |
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