Re: china's rise

2010-04-13 Thread Robert Munn
Oh, corporations bear a huge responsibility, for sure, but that's second line of thought. At issue is the theory that if the rupee and yuan were floated on the currency markets and their exchange rates allowed to reflect market demand, we wouldn't be sending jobs there, they would be sending jobs

Re: china's rise

2010-04-13 Thread Casey Dougall
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > My opinion - until the Chinese government allows the yuan to float, screw > them. > > > http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/12/assessing-chinas-impact-on-america/?hpt=C1 > > Didn't the same thing happen when we started sending tech jobs to

Re: china's rise

2010-04-12 Thread Robert Munn
Hmm, I don't know. I would expect two things to happen that would add significantly to the US economy: 1. Chinese firms would open/expand US operations as the relative costs of doing business in the US dropped. 2. American firms would sell more goods overseas, especially within China itself among

Re: china's rise

2010-04-12 Thread Larry C. Lyons
yes but even more dollars would be drained out of our economy. On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Medic wrote: > > Wouldn't that be bad though. Isn't China one of America's biggest creditors? > > > On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > >> >> My opinion - until the Chinese governme

Re: china's rise

2010-04-12 Thread Robert Munn
Sure, but all that debt is denominated in dollars, of which we control the supply. If they float the yuan, the US would immediately become competitive in global manufacturing again. The trade deficit would be erased, possibly even reversed, and we would take back all those dollars that we lost thr

Re: china's rise

2010-04-12 Thread Medic
Wouldn't that be bad though. Isn't China one of America's biggest creditors? On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > My opinion - until the Chinese government allows the yuan to float, screw > them. > > > http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/12/assessing-chinas-impact-on-america/

Re: china's rise

2010-04-12 Thread Larry C. Lyons
then watch what happens, the Chinese banks will demand all payments in Yuans. On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > My opinion - until the Chinese government allows the yuan to float, screw > them. > > http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/12/assessing-chinas-impact-on-america/?h

china's rise

2010-04-12 Thread Robert Munn
My opinion - until the Chinese government allows the yuan to float, screw them. http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/12/assessing-chinas-impact-on-america/?hpt=C1 ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want?