Sam Morris wrote: > This just came out. Wondering what you guys think. > > China, the Dollar, and Taxes > How George W. Bush plans to approach America's economy > in his second term. > http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/894kihlv.asp
I read some of it. I'm not a economist so I can't really write a 100% on the article. But some of the things he writes about stretching the truth. Yes, China is joining the G-8. But these steps were started during the Clinton years. Neither Clinton nor Bush should be given "credit" for this. Both men wanted it. I-Bankers and industrialists wanted it even more. Clinton has the forethought to allow it when activists were crying against China's human right history and Bush had the common sense to continue on the course. What is also untrue, according to the FED, is that China has abandoned pegging it's Yuan against the USD. I'm going to guess that the hint the author is referring to is that China raised interest rates for the first time in about 9 years which might indicate that they are slowly moving away from pegging against the dollar. One of the FED governors said this is untrue. They will still peg against the dollar and that because they don't have a natural supply and demand monetary flow that raising interest rates may not cool down the economy. Rather the flow of money is controlled by state banks so higher borrowing demand doesn't always make money more expensive to borrow. --- I'm not overly impressed with the articles content although the actual text is well written. I didn't look around the rest of the website because I didn't want to have an opinion about the political agenda of the publication. I don't think Bush is going to send the US into an economic free fall. He was the right President to lead us out of the recession. His "Let's address the current problems and worry about the future later" mentality really helped accelerate the US out of recession. I had serious doubt but it ended well. I'm a little curious why O'Neil left though. He was their big hitter when it came to these issues. I'm sure the next guy will be just as smart though. I'm not as certain if Bush would have been better then Kerry long term. Kerry, I believe, was a member of the Senate Banking Committee. He isn't a bit player on the scene. PS Read the personal retirement funds that Bush spoke of might not even get off the ground. Money management companies already anticipate losses trying to manage the small amounts the first couple of year and have asked for government subsidy to launch it. -- 2004 - The year $184M couldn't buy a pennant. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:135320 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
