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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 05:40 PM Original message |
"If capitalism is the best way to do things, why are we $1 trillion in debt to China!?" |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. They pay laborers pennies an hour. |
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Marazinia (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Because their slave labor is cheaper than our slave labor |
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Lionessa (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. For now, but seems the 1% are trying to change that right quick, huh? |
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Marazinia (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
40. The scariest part of that is |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. Because Americans have a much higher living standard. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. No, we have a much larger military |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 07:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
29. The US spends less than 5% of GDP on defence. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 08:02 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. But it's 50% of discretionary spending. |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. He doesn't understand that China is the most capitalist economy on the planet |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 07:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. exactly. China doesn't have democracy but it DOES have capitalism. |
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Fool Count (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. So let me rephrase: If democracy is the best way of doing things, |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. how about: democracy, REAL REPRESENTATION is the only thing that stands between us and China |
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Fool Count (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 01:26 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. If majority really doesn't want all those things you list, |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 01:47 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. +1 |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 03:21 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. the U.S. is a represenative democracy, direct democracy may be local, but not federal |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 06:21 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. U.S. is not too big to fail |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. never said it was |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Never said you said it was :) |
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Laluchacontinua (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 02:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
24. In 2002 state-run industries produced 45% of China's industrial output. |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. T-bagger- Because of them soshalist Unions and regulashuns |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. If it's any consolation, China had to borrow that trillion from its banks/depositors. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. Doesn't that just mean that China is better at capitalism than the US?...nt |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. Repug answer: Because borrowing the money means you don't have to raise taxes. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
10. Military spending. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. China shouldn't really be considered Communist anymore |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. Because China has become a Capitalistic country - we didn't owe them a dime when they weren't. |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 01:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. If we aren't capitalists then what are we? n/t |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. Somebody's debt is someone else's asset. There is no 'china' or u.s. of a. Or |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. the RW would love us to become more like China |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
22. Nationalize all important industries - start with the banks and the Fed |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. How do you nationalize the fed when the government already appoints its officers? |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. I meant "Nationalize the banks and put an end to The Fed" |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
23. Great question -- !!! |
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sfpcjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
26. It's a monster foreign-aid program that Congress lets its corporate masters run |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
28. Shhhh... you're not supposed to ask that question! |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
31. Capitalism is a private-sector based economic model |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
33. Our debt to China is a very serious problem ... |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
34. Because the Chinese ... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
36. We will loan the capitalists the rope with which we will hang them. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
38. If all those GOP policies will get us back on track... |
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