Tag Archives: China
Chinese Pirates Threaten America
American manufacturing jobs are gone forever. As Bruce Springsteen wrote, “these jobs are going, boys, and they’re not coming back.” If American manufacturing ever recovers, there will be only robots working in the plants. American service jobs are threatened, too, … Continue reading
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Handouts for China
Unemployed Americans may be surprised to learn that they are paying to clean up pollution in China. Jeremiah is not necessarily a global warming skeptic – the evidence is actually pretty good – but he is certainly a give-a-trillion-dollars-to-China skeptic. … Continue reading
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President Pushed Leftward
This week’s Economist agrees with Jeremiah that the Chinese tire tariff was a bad call. The Economist, which had endorsed President Obama, now calls him a “weak president being pushed leftward.” Even National Socialist Radio, picking up the topic, chose … Continue reading
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Bad Call On Chinese Tires
President Obama made a poor decision to raise tariffs and lock Chinese tires out of our market. This is not a good time to start a trade dispute with China. The president should certainly protect American jobs, but we have … Continue reading
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Dollar Threatened As Reserve Currency
The Wall Street Journal reports today that the dollar has hit an annual low against the Euro. A weak dollar isn’t all bad. It can improve sales for American exporters. The scary thing about today’s fall is the reason it … Continue reading
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