Mac's apolitical and capitalist approach to two separate large problems:
THE ISSUE: China
THE PROBLEM: China's increasing wealth and influence, financed largely by our insatiable appetite for cheap stuff, presents a profound global, geopolitical threat not only to America, but to the rest of the free world. And by all appearances, they're just getting started, confident that we'll continue to not only continue buying their goods, but also that we'll continue to sell them Treasury Bonds because of the unwillingness of both of our parties to keep our budget balanced.
THE ISSUE: The Southern Border
THE PROBLEM: Desperate for jobs and family security in countries that have been largely destroyed by the money and corruption of the drug cartels we support because of our insatiable appetite for illegal drugs, thousands of Central and South Americans are taking huge risks to find a way into America.
THE CAPITALIST APPROACH: Expand and re-focus American capitalism to the safer Central and South American countries such as Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and Peru (for starters), creating a low-end manufacturing and trade behemoth that would not only allow us to tell China to go fuck themselves, but would also create enormous job and wealth growth in Central and South America, allowing families there to thrive and remain in the countries they love, taking significant pressure off of our border. Make "The Americas" the world's most powerful and flexible trade juggernaut.
The steps:
And, in the thread title, I used the term "at least two major issues". Seems to me that, if we got a little lucky, the prosperity this plan would create might spread in Central and South America, giving those people (and more importantly, governments) inspiration to help us in going after the cartels, creating a momentum for them, and us. The "War on Drugs" has been a farce. This would be a new approach.
Maybe American Capitalism can do something like this. If we keep the fucking politics out of it.
Perfect? Of course not. Do you prefer the status quo?
THE ISSUE: China
THE PROBLEM: China's increasing wealth and influence, financed largely by our insatiable appetite for cheap stuff, presents a profound global, geopolitical threat not only to America, but to the rest of the free world. And by all appearances, they're just getting started, confident that we'll continue to not only continue buying their goods, but also that we'll continue to sell them Treasury Bonds because of the unwillingness of both of our parties to keep our budget balanced.
THE ISSUE: The Southern Border
THE PROBLEM: Desperate for jobs and family security in countries that have been largely destroyed by the money and corruption of the drug cartels we support because of our insatiable appetite for illegal drugs, thousands of Central and South Americans are taking huge risks to find a way into America.
THE CAPITALIST APPROACH: Expand and re-focus American capitalism to the safer Central and South American countries such as Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and Peru (for starters), creating a low-end manufacturing and trade behemoth that would not only allow us to tell China to go fuck themselves, but would also create enormous job and wealth growth in Central and South America, allowing families there to thrive and remain in the countries they love, taking significant pressure off of our border. Make "The Americas" the world's most powerful and flexible trade juggernaut.
The steps:
- Create a GSE (Government-Sponsored Enterprise) to oversee the plan, primarily to (a) create a safety/security buffer for American companies/employers in that region, making it clear to anyone (such as cartels) that an attack on this plan is an attack on America, and (b) to provide seed funding if needed.
- Forge agreements with willing Central and South American countries in which they are provided partial ownership (via stock equity) in these enterprises, with the obvious return being not only the growth in equity, but the huge increase in both domestic income tax receipts and social stability.
- Assist (if needed) American companies in building low-end manufacturing facilities in partner countries to replace the Chinese cheap manufactured products we crave without damaging or disrupting operations or profits in the USA. Any assistance would be in the form of bonds, which would provide a small long-term profit for the US government and pay for the GSE's.
And, in the thread title, I used the term "at least two major issues". Seems to me that, if we got a little lucky, the prosperity this plan would create might spread in Central and South America, giving those people (and more importantly, governments) inspiration to help us in going after the cartels, creating a momentum for them, and us. The "War on Drugs" has been a farce. This would be a new approach.
Maybe American Capitalism can do something like this. If we keep the fucking politics out of it.
Perfect? Of course not. Do you prefer the status quo?
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