CHINA

[tdawg87]

1 hour ago, st1ckboy said:

I saw I got a message from you. I'll have Tdawg check before I open it. 

Still waiting.

[AngelsLakersFan]

3 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Still waiting.

I guess he's saving that one for himself.

[tdawg87]

5 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I guess he's saving that one for himself.

Yeah that's typical st1ck.

[ten ocho recon scout]

3 hours ago, Taylor said:

Why do you hate America? I assume you'll be wiping your ass with the American flag later.

I mean, is there toilet paper at the stores yet? Im almost out of coffee filters.

[St1ck]

18 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I guess he's saving that one for himself.

I thought you sent it him as well.

[ten ocho recon scout]

2 hours ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

People keep saying we can't reduce China's influence on us because we buy so many things produced there. I'm saying we don't have to continue producing everything there... things can be made elsewhere. Corporations have moved production to China because of reduced costs associated with terrible labor conditions and non-existent environmental regulation. These costs are ultimately burdened by all of us (see climate change / increasing Chinese power) in ways that aren't easy to quantify but very real.

Not to sound like an asshole, but being that we buy so much from them because of cheap labor.... couldnt we find other less developed countries to exploit? Not like there arent options for it.

[Adam]

Just now, ten ocho recon scout said:

Not to sound like an asshole, but being that we buy so much from them because of cheap labor.... couldnt we find other less developed countries to exploit? Not like there arent options for it.

Man I’d love to exploit those filthy Trinidadians

[ten ocho recon scout]

Just now, Adam said:

Man I’d love to exploit those filthy Trinidadians

Trini-Day-gones

[tdawg87]

14 minutes ago, st1ckboy said:

I thought you sent it him as well.

Well said.

[tdawg87]

Am I allowed to say "chink" yet?

@gotbeer?

[Lhalo]

24 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Not to sound like an asshole, but being that we buy so much from them because of cheap labor.... couldnt we find other less developed countries to exploit? Not like there arent options for it.

We need to find the kids from that underground mine in the Temple of Doom. Those skinny little shits could probably fire out iPhones at a record pace.

[AngelsLakersFan]

39 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Not to sound like an asshole, but being that we buy so much from them because of cheap labor.... couldnt we find other less developed countries to exploit? Not like there arent options for it.

Right? This is actually what the Chinese are doing with their belt & road initiative. They are laying the foundations of their inevitable switch to a service economy by building infrastructure in Africa. All those jobs we outsourced to Chinese companies will be re-outsourced to Africa, with the Chinese middle men taking a cut.

[St1ck]

1 hour ago, tdawg87 said:

Still waiting.

Here's our boy ALF.

 

[Redondo]

51 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Right? This is actually what the Chinese are doing with their belt & road initiative. They are laying the foundations of their inevitable switch to a service economy by building infrastructure in Africa. All those jobs we outsourced to Chinese companies will be re-outsourced to Africa, with the Chinese middle men taking a cut.

I have been hearing about this also. China investing heavy into Africa for the natural resources.

[Lou]

2 hours ago, Adam said:

Man I’d love to exploit those filthy Trinidadians

Not to mention the Tobagians 

[Lou]

32 minutes ago, Redondo said:

I have been hearing about this also. China investing heavy into Africa for the natural resources.

They're already buying our oil fields 

[gotbeer]

2 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Not to sound like an asshole, but being that we buy so much from them because of cheap labor.... couldnt we find other less developed countries to exploit? Not like there arent options for it.

Here is the problem.  There are 1.3 billion people in China.  It's almost a necessity for them to provide the cheap labor to feed their people.  

Only India can really match China in manpower, and they are too busy being our telemarketers.  

So it's not one country we need to exploit but multiple countries.  Vietnam is a choice, and already some companies have moved there like Samsung.  But we are talking a country of 95 million.  Mexico would be an obvious one.  But it just seems to be getting expensive there.  Other Latin American countries would do, but they are too unstable.  South America seems to be getting big with food, but not manufacturing.  China might have the right idea of exploiting Africa, but again, stability is a big factor.  

[ten ocho recon scout]

2 hours ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Right? This is actually what the Chinese are doing with their belt & road initiative. They are laying the foundations of their inevitable switch to a service economy by building infrastructure in Africa. All those jobs we outsourced to Chinese companies will be re-outsourced to Africa, with the Chinese middle men taking a cut.

Yep. The Chinese have been moving on Africa for years and years now. The Russians too are quietly trying to establish there. 

Luckily the locals make fun of asians there, so we might be able to use that in our favor.

[ten ocho recon scout]

27 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

So it's not one country we need to exploit but multiple countries.  

 

[Redondo]

7 hours ago, Lou said:

They're already buying our oil fields 

Great. Didn't know that.

[Tank]

21 hours ago, Lou said:

They're already buying our oil fields 

seriously? why in the world would we sell our oil fields to them??

[Lou]

Just now, Tank said:

seriously? why in the world would we sell our oil fields to them??

I'm guessing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$$$$$$

[Tank]

of course, it's always about $$$$$.

i'm trying to see the practical side to letting a foreign country purchase our fields, a country that shows us again and again that they aren't trustworthy in the least. i don't see any benefit to the US for doing this. none.

[Redondo]

11 minutes ago, Tank said:

seriously? why in the world would we sell our oil fields to them??

Great question.

[AngelsLakersFan]

2 hours ago, Tank said:

seriously? why in the world would we sell our oil fields to them??

I'm gona go out on a  limb and say it's because they are privately owned. They are buying up tons of real estate in California as well.