Posted on 02/16/2020 6:53:01 PM PST by BeauBo
MAYBE, just MAYBE, this will be the catalyst that severs our DEPENDENCY with Chinas CHEAPY and CREEPY CRAP.
Thanks for the positive info.
ROFL.
“Still, 200 million is nothing to sneeze at.”
So to speak.
Meanwhile, commie Xi is using this crisis as an opportunity to further crack down on dissidents.
If we learn from this.
I have been saying for years we need to re-localize much of our economy, especially away from China—starting with meds, supplements and food.
I was going to say to diversify locations - what if some virus is strong in the USA but is absent somewhere else?
I guess if there is true competition in the global economy, that will happen naturally. (France, China, Japan, etc. would all be making stuff).
But with China, when the government helps their companies, they have such an unfair advantage that they can take in 90+% of production of some items.
It’s still better for us to do more and be more self-sufficient here. Less waste and pollution with freight shipping. More biodiversity in agriculture. More security in times of emergency and flexibility in changing our own production as needed. And more low to moderate skill jobs for all lower-skill Americans we’ve created through our bad immigration policies of the last half century.
Short Walmart.
ymmv.
In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled The coronavirus could cripple China’s economy for longer than Wall Street wants to believe, huckfillary wrote: “When are they going to simply embrace free-market capitalism? What does anyone get out of tyranny? What’s the payoff?”
Undeserved power and control.
Wish we could hack the chicomm grid and spread this message: the only cure for Corona virus is in the boiled blood of the the chicomm
The rulers get quite a lot out of tyranny. And frankly, when you look at evidence of the degeneracy of the west, where people can self-identify as one of millions of different made-up genders and be taken seriously and where people who mean serious harm to society are treated more like victims by large and powerful sections of our ‘open society’ and not clamped down upon as they are in China, I think the question is ‘what is the west getting out of freedom and free market capitalism’?
and avian flu killing off chickens
not working in Singapore - virus likes heat as may be bioweapon
the chinese have historic hatred of japanese made worse by their murder of 20m japs in wwii
ships that should have sailed 2 weeks ago haven’t; ships that should sail now are not loaded; goods that were to be on those ships are not made; goods that would be made for ships sailing mar 1 are waiting for factories to reopen; workers that made those goods for the factory that is not open are sick dying dead; holding breath is not a viable option
Since china took over the biggest junk of our Pharmaceuticals how does it effect that. Great for us who are taking their Cancer causing drugs. The 2 big ones Metformin and BP meds. Zantac has a lot of replacements.
FDA sent out the warning on Metformin, but didn’t warn the Endo’s. Saw mine 5 days ago, slow Digestive...Gastropresis causes you to become a diabetic. I’d been expecting it for the last yr. Januvia is not working because I can’t change diets that arre polar opposites, no middle ground.
He who forgets history is doomed to repeat it, never let your control of industry out of your country.
The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai has just conducted a survey of member companies with manufacturing operations in Shanghai, Suzhou, Nanjing and the wider Yangtze River Delta. The survey was in the field from February 11-14 with 109 members responding.
The purpose of the survey is to provide a clear picture of the operating environment as companies begin to re-open. In addition, AmCham was seeking to provide helpful feedback to the local and provincial government on the re-opening process.
Survey Highlights
48% of companies report their global operations are already impacted by the shutdown
78% of companies do not have sufficient staff to run a full production line
41% of companies say a lack of staff is their biggest challenge in the next 2-4 weeks; 30% of companies say logistics issues will be their biggest concern
Over the next few months, 58% of companies expect demand for their output to be lower than normal
38% of companies do not have sufficient masks/other supplies to protect their staff from coronavirus infection
35% of companies ranked a clearer explanation of requirements as the most important thing government officials could do to speed up factory opening approvals
Interesting. Thanks
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