[monkeywrench]

"And the reason why they're saving so much money is because there's not a pension plan or a legitimate health care system. And so, therefore, people hoard the money they have in anticipating a bad day," said the president.

"If we can encourage China to become a country of consumers..."

[Shermy]

Bush is out of his mind or the unilateral free traders have gotten his ear.

India and China in no way practice free trade. Their governments, like most, look at national interests as a whole, not specific industries funding specific parties, say like the money services behind the Dem's interest in strip mining America for "free trade."

If China becomes a so-called "consumer" nation they will institute practices which continue to favor China. That's not the current American way, but it is the smart and patriotic way.