read the article but couldn't help but think he could be talking about the usa
What China's Leaders Need to Learn from Egypt’s Turmoil
Published: Monday, 31 Jan 2011 | 1:55 AM ET
By: Shaun Rein, CNBC Contributor
Founder & Managing Director, China Market Research Group
The protests in Egypt are unsettling regimes around the world as thousands of everyday Egyptians rise and declare that they want an end to President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule. Time will tell if Mubarak’s regime really will collapse or be forced to undertake major reforms, but what is true is there are lessons for China's leaders as well as those through the Middle East
The turmoil along the Nile is being led by disenfranchised middle class who feel they have no future because of overwhelming corruption and limited job opportunities. The situation isn't too different from China, with many commentators pointing to the growing income gap between the rich and the poor as a potential source of instability.
don't we have a growing disenfranchised middle class who are now taking an active role because of overwhelming corruption and limited job opportunities? if it continues to fall on deaf ears, couldn't this be the usa?
bumper sticker - honk if you will pay my mortgage
"The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." attributed to Margaret Thatcher
"A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government." Thomas Jefferson
Except the upset middle class is joining the anti-benefits TEA party...then again Americans are fickle, from choosing Lefty Obamaa couple years ago to supporting a right-Republican revolution only 2 years later.
China has done a amazing job of lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, but will those 700 million new middle class be happy.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
