Termyn8or
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I have written a few times about what could happen if China got pissed at us. I am sure most people who know what is going on would ageree, but something else is true. In fact two things.
As far as military might, China would not do well in a toe to toe with the US. But the cost. They would be able to plunge us into a pretty bleak future, but certain things would then happen.
First of all, up until a few years ago at least, the US was THE major customer for Chinese goods. This includes more than you think. I am not sure if they have taken over the paperclip industry yet, but why would they ? But the thing alot of people don't realize is that we have the trump card.
First of all, we are big enough that China would not attack and be able to take over. Piss them off enough they might just come and give us a hard time, but that is not the end of the world.
The first thing to realize is that our credit finances their industry. They would have to be really stupid or really pissed to fuck with us. Tarriffs can be imposed overnight by executive order, and there is more, ALOT more.
See then, if they attack in any way, or even just officially declare war, or if they piss us off so we do it, our law includes something called the Trading With The Enemy Act. and then the game is changed a bit.
Under that US law, extant for quite a while, once we are at war, everything and everyone in China belongs to us, as long as we got the gonads and might to take it.
That is what the law says, and the fact of the matter is that is was reworded to include US Citizens. It was not on Fox news, like the revision to the UCC in 1991 that included "Option to accelerate at will".
At any rate, any monies owed to a foreign government that is at war with us, is described as bounty, and it is ours. In times of peace, this doctrine can be used, and has. That is because this country has been officially in a state of emergency ever since 1933.
How does this affect us ? Well of course it depends on what happens. China holds all those notes, so it is in her best interest to foster the recovery of the USD. But there is only so much anyone can do under these conditions. We got a madman running this rock into the ground, and on top of that we are spending probably twenty times what we make.
That is not good. These talking heads say things about a strong America and a strong dollar, but every fucking thing they do undermines that principle. They give lip service to a bunch of preachers and not only do what they want, they use our money to do it. This cannot keep up. I don't care how many wars you support, we simply can not afford it.
Most people in this country fall victim to predatory lenders becaus they simply cannot afford the fucking house. I mean really. Most of the good jobs are gone. I am not talking technical jobs, I mean factory jobs. Some places the pendulum swang too far, like where I almost took a job at Ford in Lorain, for $18 to sweep the floor. LITERALLY. But not alll places are like that. You get the money, but it is all above board and of course there are union dues coming out of every check. Initially the unions were a good thing, because people really were exploited. But later they got big and power corrupted.
Then they made it so a company couldn't make a fucking dime. A while back we had several areas in which US workers could be called the goose that laid the golden egg. They killed the employers, or more aptly, made them change plans. Unions caused a goodly part of the outsourcing problem in this country, but they had help, at least in hammering the nails into our coffin.
Now I am trying to step back and look, and I see that some of you might see this as hateful, but it is not. These MFs are paid to be MFs, they have to do their job.
Societal conditions caused this, and it stems from the stock market. If you are the CEO of a publicly traded company, if you don't do EVERYTHING you can to maximize profits, you can be removed, or in some rare cases thrown in jail. If you don't do EVERYTHING you can to maximize profits, you will not have a good time at the next shareholders' meeting.
Actually, Nixon was wrong, we should have never opened up relations. That started most of this trade problem. He just started it, but why ? They are a different people with different ideas and ideology. We have nothing in common. Then comes the free trade agreements. But they are not fair trade agreements.
But the silver lining is this. We can't keep these assholes from doing what they are doing. It is happening, Iran is happening and probably NK and who knows who else. Sooner or later one of them comes along who can play the game. We help you with your "problems" and we will help you with your's.. But not the way it is now. It is getting to the point where our help is not wanted. In fact that happened recently.
But the thing is, I was here when Cleveland defaulted on a shitload of debt to a bank, which changed it's name to Citibank and subsequently Citicorp. It used to be called Cleveland Trust. Well Cleveland told them to fuck off.
Ha, they trusted the city of Cleveland and got fucked. They did. That's after Mayor Stokes ripped off millions from the Cleveland Now fund. I met him. He knew what he was, but I chose not to bring it up. Carl Stokes.
As dishonest as he was, (stealing screwdrivers and dog food later in life), he did look me right in the eye. Normally I like that, but looking down at me from a position of power (real power) is something I will not soon forget.
All of these MFs are a bunch of assholes, and really, so am I. But I think I am less of an asshole, so elect me for President. What I'll do will fix us.
I will bring back (remember the questions I said I wanted to ask ?, well here is the fucking answer) medium pay factory jobs to this country ($17-20 an hour). What people have to realize is that there are alot of people who cannot grasp technical issues, THESE ARE OUR COUNTRYMEN. There is no requirement in the Constitution that you have know anything at all. There is no provision for any charity, so we go back to the old way. But the fact of the matter is that most of these people's jobs have been stolen by the government of China.
I will nationalize the debt to China. This will probably drop the USD by fifty percent, hopefully not much more. This will destroy the trade agreements with them. Everything imported will cost aproximatey double. This will make it cost effective for compamies to rebuild here. Shipping is not free and we have been at the snarling teeth of an economy that pays workers pennies a day.
Do you realize what that means ? The assemblers don't make shit, the miners and refiners don't make shit. They are making a killing on the shit people buy. EVERYTHING.
What could we do to make them give that up ? Don't worry, it will get done. But if I were in control I would make it happen right away, before the situation is so bad, and we are in a hole so deep that we can't get out. Let it happen now.
And all foreign aid is cut off. Period. We ain't payin no more. And I don't even care if we owe you. We will start closing bases in the first month I assume control. As far as the fucking 54098 military bases or whatever, our boys are coming home. Even from Germany, even though they like it there, we need help here, at the borders.
I will then take all the foreign aid for a given year, to ALL countries, and give it to Iraq. ONE TIME. That is alot of fucking money, spend it while it's good. That's all I can do but after that day, nobody gets a fucking dime anymore.
Now analyse what the fallout from these actions would be. And if I was the boss, we would have an effective defense system, and it would not require a dental exam and a CAT scan either. Just one simple thing. Pilots must pass a firearm proficiency test and will be armed.
I don't see why they don't allow that, the fucking security guard at your bank is armed, is you money worth more than your life ? Apparently it is to them.
I will stop now. If I go on, this post might become too long to respond to. There is so much going on.
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