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U.S. has China seeing red…make that green
When it comes to free trade with China there are at least few things you can count on. 1. The dollar will continue to fall 2. Self sufficiency is bad for corporations 3. Jobs will continue to leave American soil 4. We are now officially on the economic outpatient plan 5. We’re more yellow than [...]
U.S. lunch getting eaten in economic crunch
The sky is falling! The sky is falling! But this time Chicken Little is correct. The sky really is falling and in this context, the sky is our economy. The two big questions on everyone’s mind are: (1) Why is this happening? And (2) what can we do to remedy the problem? Actually, I need [...]
Made in China – Tech Support in India
CHINA Some years back, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was being debated. Texas billionaire and one-time presidential candidate Ross Perot said that if NAFTA went into effect there would be a “giant sucking sound” of US jobs going to Mexico. Obviously we have lost some jobs to Mexico, but it wasn’t a giant [...]
China harms Americans with evil fiery footwear plot
Still reeling from the “lead painted (in some circles ‘lead tainted’) Hot Wheels/toys scandal,” Wal-Mart has been caught selling, yet, another hazardous product made in China. But instead of toys, this time we’re talkin’ footwear, the flexible, flippery, floppery kind. It turns out Wal-Mart has been selling (you won’t believe it) tainted flip flops. Wearers [...]