It is easy to understand why men like Romney and Bain Capital invested in China's markets...  such men put wealth and power ahead of reason and loyalty to the Nation that gave them access to such power and wealth.  Instead, they saw an opportunity in China, and the 3rd world, to leverage slave wages, and non-existent environmental and labor law to make massive windfall profits... Profits based on exploiting market disparities, thru free access to US Markets. However, that free access to OUR MARKETS was not free. It cost the US millions of manufacturing jobs and untold damage to the middle class. 

So-called free trade stripped America of its heavy and light industry... along with the key LABOR SKILLS needed to support a world-class industrial base.  The dismantling of America's industrial base was done with the full understanding, knowledge, and approval of greedy men like Romney and the members of the US Chamber of Commerce.  Today, America is recovering but it will take decades to retrain machinist, skilled foundry and tool and die workers. Decades more to recover market share, and all because a few GREEDY and reckless individuals wanted more... More power, more wealth.  Leaving the rest of America to watch their standard of living threatened, wages stagnate, and manufacturing jobs move overseas... putting millions out of work, and abandoning thousands of small towns to a legacy of poverty and a dead-end. 

It is men like Romney who hold no loyalty to the United States that area attacking Pres. Trump... the Bush dynasty and hundreds, if not thousands of wealthy families, fail to see the significance of their short-sighted vision for America. Good jobs that pay well, lead to consumption, which drives the economy and a rising tide of wealth for all.  Instead, these miscreants, of a new age aristocracy, would shackle the world in the chains of feudalism and claim it their right to do so.  These same individuals ignore the blood-soaked earth that produced the culture and provided the stability and security for a thriving US economy.  They ignore the millions of common men and women who have died to guarantee the right to practice their businesses without paying tribute to every warlord and 3rd world dictator. The American market and economy are the product of both labor and capital; as such, each needs to be equitably treated. Tariffs and Imposts are the historical economic tools that governments traditionally use to level the playing field in a free market system.

America and China built their wealth on MANUFACTURING AND FAIR ACCESS TO WORLD MARKETS... neither of which the Globalist and Progressives want in America.  Why? Because a viable and thriving manufacturing sector would break their hold on the economy... and their access to wealth and power.  The return of heavy and light industry would create greater economic dispersion of the nation's wealth and a booming consumer economy.  An economy where true competition and ingenuity rewards both workers and investors with shared gains ... is a better world for all... not just a few.

Therein lies the responsibility of the wealthy and the call to leadership of the powerful... Will the wealthy and powerful use their gifts wisely or shall the nation suffer the indulgence of greed and avarice?

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  • The failed state is a product of both political parties... with the Democrats leading the way... the wealthy and connected continue to observe and maneuver as they work too keep the outcome contained within the status quo... politics as usual.

  • From another blog... the question arose why the wealthy are not acting to protect our Republic...

    Good question... I suspect that many of the super-rich do not want to ROCK THE BOAT... they are hedging their bets by playing the field... both sides of the field.  This of course is despicable conduct but what can I say... honor is a concept long dead among many of the wealthiest in the world.  In spite of this predisposition of the wealthy, I believe there is yet a remnant among them who are powerful and wealthy enough if they act in consort can save the Republic... 

    As for myself... I would gladly work with any group wanting to restore constitutional government.

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