"You didn't build that" - Obama

[Mr Khan]

badgenome said:

theprof00 said:

Their ability to compete comes from their infrastructure. It comes from them doing well financially and economically, and all we do is pour more and more coffers into their pockets. It's not just our seamstress jobs, it's every manufacturing job, and not only that, but with all the turn-key partnerships we have with them, we are technologically advancing them faster than anyone else. But maybe you're simply not aware of important details like that.

So, when the Soviets and East Germans dominated the '88 games, it was a sign of their stellar economies and infrastructure? Because I could have sworn they were on the verge of collapse and just fielded a bunch of unstoppable professional athletes who were 'roided to the gills.

It sounds to me that just like poor old Harry Reid, you're wracked with some kind of inchoate angst about the future, but to me all this Sinophobia is just a warmed over version of the panic about the Japanese taking over back in the '70s and '80s. Different millennium, same old Yellow Peril. But just to put your racing mind at ease, if you're "stealing" seamstress jobs, it's a pretty good indicator that you're not all that technologically advanced yet. More importantly, trade is not a zero-sum game, but maybe you're simply not aware of basic economics like that.

I actually agree with you on this. It's the only plank of the American Left that i tend to disagree with, its opposition to free trade. My only distinction is that i feel the government should help workers displaced by existing in non-competitive industries.