New San Fran Bay Bridge- Made in China

OmniScience wrote: A couple things to think about.

- -Our steel mills pollute far less than Chinese mills which have little or no regulation, so now we've
outsourced (and increased) the pollution as well.

Yeah, but we're polluting China, not the US. :thumbsup:

Q? Would you rather build a nuclear power plant in the U.S. or have it built in China which would shoulder any problems associated with it?

WayneH wrote:
Q? Would you rather build a nuclear power plant in the U.S. or have it built in China which would shoulder any problems associated with it?

I don't see what a nuke plant has to do with this issue, but you apparently like the "California" approach.
Put the plant & pollution somewhere else (like Arizona), take the energy, and act like a leader in environmental awareness.

The nuke plant and the bridge have to do with having another country handle the mess and we just buy the product.

Plausible deniability, never admit to any possible responsibility.

You mean like in our policy of rendition, initiated by the previous president?

I suppose we could require EVERYTHING we buy be made in America but then we'd be complaining about the price of goods, including bridges.

Not sure how it ties to this subject (which of course it doesn't have to here), but is this what you are referring to? - http://articles.latimes.com/2009/feb/01 ... rendition1

Just another instance of doubling down on a policy that Obama labeled a failure and hoping he can sell it, with the help of a complicit media, to the voters as the change they could believe in that was promised.

jf1acai wrote: Not sure how it ties to this subject (which of course it doesn't have to here), but is this what you are referring to? - http://articles.latimes.com/2009/feb/01 ... rendition1

Yes, exactly. It has to do with your comment about "Plausible deniability, never admit to any possible responsibility." It happens everywhere.

Yep, both Dem and Rep parties suck, and trying to show which one sucks worst is a waste of energy.

The difference between you and I is I don't think they're doing it on purpose. The way Washington is set up, money controls everything.