Maybe I'm Not As Dumb As We All Thought

Great piece over at Right Democrat, "Do we have a China problem?"

Every bit of it is stuff I had thought and wondered about, my favorite bit...

The damage done to domestic manufacturing by Chinese and other imports, however, has an impact that transcends economics. U.S.-China trade is
also endangering industries vital to maintaining a world- leading American military. Worse, the huge sums Beijing earns from its exports are making possible a military buildup that senior U.S. officials are openly criticizing.Indeed, China's $148 billion trade surplus with the United States so far this year alone equals nearly 38 percent of the entire 2005 U.S. defense budget. Yet with few in Washington recognizing the link, U.S. trade policy literally keeps arming America's likeliest future rival.

148 Billion, with a B? Oh yeah, that must benefit the American worker!

Are people that make these deals traitorous snakes or merely the dumbest people on the planet?

I need to stop linking Progressive blogs, I may lose my weekly conservative privileges to operate the "Karl Rove Mind Control Satellite." We can't have that, you don't think you come to this blog because of the high quality writing, do you?