San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge built in China

Thom Hartmann comments on the San Franciso-Oakland-Bay Bridge which will be built in China. Saving $400 million as opposed to keeping all that money in America is a poor tradeoff. ALL OF THE FREE TRADE DEALS are CONSERVATIVE CONCEPTS. Clinton signed it and it was all a concept as wanted by Republicans.

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[Obamaownswhitesnow]

This is the price of CAPITALISM and GLOBAL ECONOMY. Enjoy!!!! ha ha ha!!

[boredjoewo]

@Obamaownswhitesnow Yes this is Capitalism...which will eat its right leg and left arm once it gets hungry enough. If you add strong regulation you get our Capitalism of the 40s 50s and 60s which had everyone's life improve in America. However those days are long gone and Reaganomics/Bushonomics has brainwashed our politocos to think "what's good for corporations is good for America" when in fact they are eating our right leg and eyeing our arms for a snack.

[smbelow]

@Obamaownswhitesnow

I humbly disagree. I believe Capitalism allows individuals to pursue success out of self determination and ideas. Socialism and Communism employ a more servitude to the State mentality. It's Corporatism that breeds greed and a sense of Kingship amongst its pursuers.

[Obamaownswhitesnow]

@smbelow Capitalism = greed

[Obamaownswhitesnow]

@boredjoewo Im reading your words again and you are right.

[smbelow]

@Obamaownswhitesnow

Globalism yes! Corporatism not Capitalism.

[ghfloorman]

@TheArceus12345

You mean all those Wall Street executives crowding every corner of Obama's white house? I have no idea!

Excerpt from letter to Obama from the US Chamber of Commerce:

"To achieve that recovery, we urge you to ensure that stimulus legislation not include the unnecessary and trade-restrictive Buy American expansions currently being considered."

They got what they lobbied for, and Obama will have a fat war chest for his reelection.

peace

[ghfloorman]

Don't look now folks, but the Confederacy won. They lobby your government every day to ensure American workers compete against slaves around the world. And they get exactly what they lobby for. Democrats, Republicans, it makes little difference. It's a corporate government, and politicians from both parties are on the take. The confederacy pays for the campaigns of nearly all politicians, and they get what they pay for. They're evil, not dumb.

peace

[michaelenandry]

It's one thing that China produces 93% of the world's laptop computers and scale models of this (or any) bridge. It's another that China just now produced a (real) piece of an American city.

[TheArceus12345]

Why isn't the federal government stepping in to stop this?

[im1greatman]

@boredjoewo What you are describing is corporatism. Capitalism is being used as a fall "guy" for the wrong doings of governments and corporations alike.

[dave777blaster]

@Obamaownswhitesnow Canada is not besieged like this because it has restraints in place despite being Capitalist Canada like most western European nations have strong elements of socialism as well .

saying Capitalism is bad is like saying oranges are green well oranges are green before they are ripe.