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MANative (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:49 PM Original message |
The Perilous Position in which Job/Manufacturing outsourcing |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. My mom (who is 83 and so remembers WWII) |
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MANative (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Exactly, and I hear so few people |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. We Are Very Well Prepared To Go To War With China |
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MANative (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. They probably even produce |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Oh Yes, You're Right, Well Then China Must First... |
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MANative (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. The only thing that would make it even better |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. How exactly can they "Call in" the loans you refer to? |
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MANative (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. From what I understand, China owns an enormous |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Well, they don't exist. What China owns are US Treasury Securities |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Or, They Could Just Stop Buying Our Treasuries Entirely |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. That is an entirely different thing and yes, that is a HUGE danger |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. All China Would Really Have To Do Is Threaten To Not Buy Our Debt |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. The retaliation for such a threat would probably be tariffs on trade. |
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MANative (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Thanks |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. You're welcome and i agree entirely. Massive debt is NEVER good. |
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MANative (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. That certainly makes a lot of sense |
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toddaa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. Global economy depends on cheap energy |
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MANative (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Absolutely - a very big part of the equation. |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. Increasingly the american population doesn't know how to do anything |
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MANative (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Yes - becoming a "closed loop" of an ecomony |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. I don't know if it was by design or what |
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MANative (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. It makes it no easier to know that |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Sadly knowing others are going through this does not help |
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