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total illiteracy!!! The Chinese now buy more cars than we do. Do you really think the govt is buying them cars??????????? OMG!!everything is supplied by their Communist government.
The only people in China buying cars are the ruling class elite. However, China has over a billion people so that's a lot of elites.
You have no clue what you're talking about.
I would rather pay $50 for a keyboard than $15 if it means 1,200 people in the US keep their jobs making keyboards..
how stupid, if the objective was to keep jobs then each state would make interstate trade illegal!!. the objective is to keep only the jobs the produce world class products so your country stays world class. Over your head?
In economics, protectionism is the economic policy of restraining trade between states (countries) through methods such as tariffs on imported goods, restrictive quotas, and a variety of other government regulations designed to allow (according to proponents) fair competition between imports and goods and services.
I personally don't have a problem with free trade. But free trade must also be fair trade or it kills American jobs and keeps wages low. Do you want to kill jobs and keep wages low so you can buy cheap Chinese shit? If so, then keep on doing what we're doing! If not, you have to start looking at ways to force China to trade fairly and one of those tools is the threat of tariffs on their imports. That is not protectionism, it's utilizing a tool in the toolbox to get what you want. Fair trade.
Now you may ask, why can't we just let this go and embrace free trade and be happy and everyone get along? Well... it's because we are a free market capitalist system and we're trading with partners who are not free market capitalists. The Chinese are Communists, they don't have Constitutional rights, collective bargaining, labor unions, minimum wage mandates, employer-provided health care, family leave, child labor laws, etc., etc., etc. We have those things and our free market capitalists have to factor those costs into everything they do.
So, we are already trading with one hand tied behind our back with a Communist country. ADD to that, the fact that China devalues it's currency so that our trade dollars are no longer equivalent and we're getting royally screwed. They don't care, they're Commies... they can throw a yuan and a bowl of rice to their peasants and keep on trucking. We can't do that and we can't compete fairly. We have to restore some basic common sense to our trade deals with China and with others. Unless you just LIKE to watch jobs disappear and wages stagnate.
total illiteracy!!! The Chinese now buy more cars than we do. Do you really think the govt is buying them cars??????????? OMG!!everything is supplied by their Communist government.
The only people in China buying cars are the ruling class elite. However, China has over a billion people so that's a lot of elites.
You have no clue what you're talking about.
No, I do know what I am talking about. You've listened to Chinese propaganda, a popular thing with Communist countries who wish to boast of their 'superior' system. I can't think of the guy's name but one of the richest men in the world is from China. However, he is not a working class peasant who worked his way up from a bowl of rice a day. He is part of the ruling elite class who have all the wealth. Conservative estimates have that at around 15% of the population, the rest are in abject poverty where they will remain for the duration of their miserable lives. Now those 1.5 out of 10 are the Chinese people you're shown as examples of Chinese success but they've had a little help.
The only Chinese people buying cars are those who are fortunate enough to be born into the ruling class. The overwhelming majority of people in China will never even get to ride in a car.
The average Chinese private-sector worker earns about the same as a cleaner in Thailandtotal illiteracy!!! The Chinese now buy more cars than we do. Do you really think the govt is buying them cars??????????? OMG!!everything is supplied by their Communist government.
The only people in China buying cars are the ruling class elite. However, China has over a billion people so that's a lot of elites.
You have no clue what you're talking about.
No, I do know what I am talking about. You've listened to Chinese propaganda, a popular thing with Communist countries who wish to boast of their 'superior' system. I can't think of the guy's name but one of the richest men in the world is from China. However, he is not a working class peasant who worked his way up from a bowl of rice a day. He is part of the ruling elite class who have all the wealth. Conservative estimates have that at around 15% of the population, the rest are in abject poverty where they will remain for the duration of their miserable lives. Now those 1.5 out of 10 are the Chinese people you're shown as examples of Chinese success but they've had a little help.
The only Chinese people buying cars are those who are fortunate enough to be born into the ruling class. The overwhelming majority of people in China will never even get to ride in a car.
You really have no idea what you are talking about.
I know of NO capitalist who has the objective of ensuring the country remains world class.
[ If China were a state, you may have some kind of fucked up point... but that's not the case.
This flows into the issue of the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) which brings together 12 nations that account for about 40% of the global economy.
Dear, China is a state and so is ohio and both want jobs!! Ohio could ban trade , make their own cars, and thus create 1000's of jobs, 1+1=2 Do you understand??
Not sure why you keep on posting about Chinese auto sales. I've already answered your argument. About 15% of the Chinese population are the ruling class elite. China has a total population of over a billion people. That means, about 150 million Chinese are among the ruling class... they purchased 7.2 million cars in 2006.
There are about 850 million Chinese who will never own a car and probably won't ever even get to ride in a car. They make the equivalent of about a dollar a day and a bowl of rice.