"We need to stop thinking of China as a competitor and start thinking of them as a very large consumer".

Ha Ha.. We are the consumers. The container ships in Oakland Harbor come in full of consumable goods and leave mostly empty, heck my IMac and IPOD are Chinese made.

The sad part is that 99 % of the stuff in those incoming containers from China are consumable goods that depreciate upon arrival and are worthless in a very short time while we are paying US $$ for it. Who is the smart one?

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