Biden using his Presidential powers and vast Federal funds to favour associates of him, his family and his party? Associates both in the USA and overseas in China and elsewhere? I’m shocked. There surely were absolutely no warning signs of this when he was Vice President, right? A free and pural media’s coverage of the Presidential election would have revealed any such misuse of power before be became President, yes?
Oh, I remember now. Orange Man Bad. Orange Man Bad. Orange Man Bad. Orange Man Bad. Orange Man Bad. Orange Man Bad.
I’m prone to thinking democracy isn’t working because we don’t get what we vote for. Despite the craven mainstream media’s thinly disguised blanket campaigning for Biden and the demonisation of the Orange Man, there were still plenty of critical voices if you wanted to hear them. In President Biden voters have got exactly what they voted for.
Orange man *is* bad, you dufus. So bad, he made Biden look good.
Nell Clover
8 months ago
Biden using his Presidential powers and vast Federal funds to favour associates of him, his family and his party? Associates both in the USA and overseas in China and elsewhere? I’m shocked. There surely were absolutely no warning signs of this when he was Vice President, right? A free and pural media’s coverage of the Presidential election would have revealed any such misuse of power before be became President, yes?
Oh, I remember now. Orange Man Bad. Orange Man Bad. Orange Man Bad. Orange Man Bad. Orange Man Bad. Orange Man Bad.
I’m prone to thinking democracy isn’t working because we don’t get what we vote for. Despite the craven mainstream media’s thinly disguised blanket campaigning for Biden and the demonisation of the Orange Man, there were still plenty of critical voices if you wanted to hear them. In President Biden voters have got exactly what they voted for.
Last edited 8 months ago by Nell Clover
Terry M
8 months ago
The IRA is “one of the most significant laws in our history”.
No question about it. It is perhaps the most significant law because it is perhaps the most corrupt and damaging piece of legislation ever passed. It is a pure payoff to Biden’s leftist friends in pursuit of an imaginary concern. On top of all that, it tipped the US into a recession in 2022 (leading to higher borrowing costs for all Americans) and we are due for another one soon.
Let’s go Brandon!
.
add in the money wasted (sorry, spent) on your military including the $150bn or so to the black market, via Ukraine.. Keeping those 800 bases worldwide must be costly?
.
add in the money wasted (sorry, spent) on your military including the $150bn or so to the black market, via Ukraine.. Keeping those 800 bases worldwide must be costly?
Terry M
8 months ago
The IRA is “one of the most significant laws in our history”.
No question about it. It is perhaps the most significant law because it is perhaps the most corrupt and damaging piece of legislation ever passed. It is a pure payoff to Biden’s leftist friends in pursuit of an imaginary concern. On top of all that, it tipped the US into a recession in 2022 (leading to higher borrowing costs for all Americans) and we are due for another one soon.
Let’s go Brandon!
Thomas Wagner
8 months ago
When Joe Biden signed it into law last year, he heralded it as proof that “the American people [had] won and the special interests lost”.
What he actually meant was “the new special interests won and the old special interests lost — along with the American people.”
Buy the new products, friends — you’ve already paid for half of them. Use your devalued money before it disappears entirely.
Thomas Wagner
8 months ago
When Joe Biden signed it into law last year, he heralded it as proof that “the American people [had] won and the special interests lost”.
What he actually meant was “the new special interests won and the old special interests lost — along with the American people.”
Buy the new products, friends — you’ve already paid for half of them. Use your devalued money before it disappears entirely.
Charles Stanhope
8 months ago
IRA!
How very disappointing, at first glance I was hoping for news on the ongoing war in Ireland. Perhaps something about the scandalous, never ending, ‘show trial’ of Soldier F.
But no, just some anodyne news from our former colonies relating how their ossified leader, one Joe (Ballina) Biden had blundered yet again.
Ah Mr Mahony, good to hear from you.
I was in your ‘fair city’ the other day, thanks to the ‘Jack Lynch’ tunnel being closed because of “improvements” as you say.
Sadly the City did seem rather scruffy and down at heel, but it did give me a chance to visit Fort Elizabeth. I must say somebody has done an absolutely splendid job in restoring it to almost pristine condition, and open ‘free of charge.’
Later I popped in on the evocative ruins of Kilcrea Friary to pay my respects to your ancestors, before heading off west.
Ah Mr Mahony, good to hear from you.
I was in your ‘fair city’ the other day, thanks to the ‘Jack Lynch’ tunnel being closed because of “improvements” as you say.
Sadly the City did seem rather scruffy and down at heel, but it did give me a chance to visit Fort Elizabeth. I must say somebody has done an absolutely splendid job in restoring it to almost pristine condition, and open ‘free of charge.’
Later I popped in on the evocative ruins of Kilcrea Friary to pay my respects to your ancestors, before heading off west.
Amusing Charlie.. yer always worth a read, I’ll give ye that.. me too btw.. I thought I know he’s Oirish but I didn’t know he was senior in the IRA!
Charles Stanhope
8 months ago
IRA!
How very disappointing, at first glance I was hoping for news on the ongoing war in Ireland. Perhaps something about the scandalous, never ending, ‘show trial’ of Soldier F.
But no, just some anodyne news from our former colonies relating how their ossified leader, one Joe (Ballina) Biden had blundered yet again.
Last edited 8 months ago by Charles Stanhope
UnHerd Reader
8 months ago
Isn’t that the wrong pensionable politician in the photograph?
Maybe the message is Bernie’s Programs = IRA? ‘cant3see the connection myself through..
UnHerd Reader
8 months ago
Isn’t that the wrong pensionable politician in the photograph?
S D
8 months ago
“bigger firms naturally dominate many sectors, including those the Biden administration seeks to promote, such as semiconductor and pharmaceutical manufacturing. But “big business” is unpopular with the American public and politicians love to shower favours on small business and start-ups, even though few of these have a chance in face-to-face competition with state-backed Chinese corporations and other multinationals.”
So the answer for dealing with state-backed Chinese corporations…. is for the state not to back US-based ones?
“Elsewhere, the Taiwanese firm TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, has outraged unions by announcing plans to bring hundreds of Taiwanese workers to its new factory in Arizona, which is estimated to be eligible for $15 billion in various federal subsidies derived from the IRA. And this fits in with a broader trend, whereby unionised American workers are being undermined, rather than empowered, by the IRA. Of the dozens of new factories whose construction was announced between August 2022 and March 2023, 83% have been in anti-union, anti-labour “right to work” states, many in the American South and West.”
Of course they are going to build factories where labour laws are weaker, you can’t blame businesses for choosing the business-friendly states. Also in a decade that new factory will have benefitted from the Taiwanese expertise, and will have transferred those skills to US workers. That’s pretty much what the west has been doing while exporting jobs to places like India.”
Not a Biden fan, but what else would you expect?
“… the answer for dealing with state-backed Chinese corporations…. is for the state not to back US-based ones?”
Yes. Why the need to compete in these chosen industries? Better to allow the Chinese taxpayer to create inefficiencies and for the US (and UK) to purchase the surpluses on the cheap. We don’t need an EV industry, or to make solar panels or wind turbines especially at the cost of taxing other industries more. There are plenty of other industries that can and will drive economic growth, particularly if they do not have to pay more tax to give to bad businesses.
The wind will always be there and the sun will always shine. It’s better to buy solar panels cheaply from China than tax ourselves to death in order to prop up our own solar panel industry making expensive solar panels.
China has moved itself into a near monopoly position with certain minerals by capturing the mines. Whether Africa will remain happy about that is an open question given the corruption there. The Chinese exploit corruption while the US “outlaws” foreign bribes. In the long game China may increase pricing and the world will have no counter. The US has plenty of minerals but rejects mining along with the very dirty processing; perhaps US technology can improve processing but that was not part of the IRA.
Let’s hope Africa gets a much better deal from China and the West, mot least by setting one off against the other. The West cannot moan about China’s involvement given its grossly unfair exploitation of Africa’s resources over centuries..
Come off it Liam old chap, the Chinks will eat them alive!
At least we gave them Law & Order, a Civil Service, a Health system, Education, Roads & Railways, even, God forbid Christianity, and whiskey & soda. What more could you ask for?
But it seems you didn’t though did you? You gave them slavery, endless disorder, a corrupt civil service (thanks to puppet tyrant govts), no education (we Irish did that!) and its only since the Chinese came they have real roads, railways, ports, airports etc etc. Between yourselves, the French, Belgians and Germans you robbed them blind, murdered and tortured them at will (similar to but ahead of, N¤z¡ism) …and continued to screw them over using neocolonial tactics.
It’s payback time Charlie.. and so far, China and Russia are the heroes in Africa.. The mono-polar world is in decline and will soon be fully binned. You and your ilk got 500 years of pillage out it so be grateful for that.. Now Africa is on the rise, big time and with BRICS+ behind them they cannot fail
The West is finished and good riddance. As we Irish are harmless and will plead overwhelming pressure from our USUK masters we’ll swap over seamlessly.. Africa will remember our educators and our strategic position in West Europe will ensure our never ending prosperity (which began 50 years after we freed OURselves from the yoke) will continue. I see all my predictions for the GB are coming to pass including the looting – ok I predicted rioting, but don’t be picky, I was close – much more to come too, I’ll warrant! What can I say ..suck it up!
Glad to see you didn’t hold back there one little bit Liam. It’s impressive to see such an untainted record of innocence prevailing, from such an oppressed and ill served land. Like a shining beacon for us all, in this messy and ugly world filled with forced choices and imperfect solutions.
Glad to see you didn’t hold back there one little bit Liam. It’s impressive to see such an untainted record of innocence prevailing, from such an oppressed and ill served land. Like a shining beacon for us all, in this messy and ugly world filled with forced choices and imperfect solutions.
But it seems you didn’t though did you? You gave them slavery, endless disorder, a corrupt civil service (thanks to puppet tyrant govts), no education (we Irish did that!) and its only since the Chinese came they have real roads, railways, ports, airports etc etc. Between yourselves, the French, Belgians and Germans you robbed them blind, murdered and tortured them at will (similar to but ahead of, N¤z¡ism) …and continued to screw them over using neocolonial tactics.
It’s payback time Charlie.. and so far, China and Russia are the heroes in Africa.. The mono-polar world is in decline and will soon be fully binned. You and your ilk got 500 years of pillage out it so be grateful for that.. Now Africa is on the rise, big time and with BRICS+ behind them they cannot fail
The West is finished and good riddance. As we Irish are harmless and will plead overwhelming pressure from our USUK masters we’ll swap over seamlessly.. Africa will remember our educators and our strategic position in West Europe will ensure our never ending prosperity (which began 50 years after we freed OURselves from the yoke) will continue. I see all my predictions for the GB are coming to pass including the looting – ok I predicted rioting, but don’t be picky, I was close – much more to come too, I’ll warrant! What can I say ..suck it up!
Come off it Liam old chap, the Chinks will eat them alive!
At least we gave them Law & Order, a Civil Service, a Health system, Education, Roads & Railways, even, God forbid Christianity, and whiskey & soda. What more could you ask for?
Let’s hope Africa gets a much better deal from China and the West, mot least by setting one off against the other. The West cannot moan about China’s involvement given its grossly unfair exploitation of Africa’s resources over centuries..
“Taxing ourselves to death” to prop up various politically connected industries is what politics is all about. Using other people’s money to enrich your friends and family is the American way.
It works in the UK as well, and in most pseudo democracies.. all you need is good propaganda and a gullible electorate and God knows there’s no shortage of those!
It works in the UK as well, and in most pseudo democracies.. all you need is good propaganda and a gullible electorate and God knows there’s no shortage of those!
When you buy cheap from abroad and see a better bottom line that is because you omitted some of the figures, viz..
Corporation tax income from mnfrg at home including from several the spin-off firms.
Income tax from wages (mnfrg.+spin-offs) at home.
Social welfare costs if the mnfrg. workers would otherwise be unemployed.
Negative impact on balance of payments.
Carbon costs on transportation from thousands of miles away.
Business selfishly looks only at its own bottom line, short-term; and ignores the big picture. This is how globalisation destroyed the planet.. narrow-minded, selfish bean counters.
China has moved itself into a near monopoly position with certain minerals by capturing the mines. Whether Africa will remain happy about that is an open question given the corruption there. The Chinese exploit corruption while the US “outlaws” foreign bribes. In the long game China may increase pricing and the world will have no counter. The US has plenty of minerals but rejects mining along with the very dirty processing; perhaps US technology can improve processing but that was not part of the IRA.
“Taxing ourselves to death” to prop up various politically connected industries is what politics is all about. Using other people’s money to enrich your friends and family is the American way.
When you buy cheap from abroad and see a better bottom line that is because you omitted some of the figures, viz..
Corporation tax income from mnfrg at home including from several the spin-off firms.
Income tax from wages (mnfrg.+spin-offs) at home.
Social welfare costs if the mnfrg. workers would otherwise be unemployed.
Negative impact on balance of payments.
Carbon costs on transportation from thousands of miles away.
Business selfishly looks only at its own bottom line, short-term; and ignores the big picture. This is how globalisation destroyed the planet.. narrow-minded, selfish bean counters.
It’s hard to understand why the author calls right to work states, “anti-labor”. Providing manufacturing jobs to the masses seems like a good idea to me.
I’m not convinced that a workforce too stupid and too timid to stand up for itself is all that good for business.. most successful businesses value their smart workers and pay well above the going rate! Slave economies are notoriously low productivity economies.
“… the answer for dealing with state-backed Chinese corporations…. is for the state not to back US-based ones?”
Yes. Why the need to compete in these chosen industries? Better to allow the Chinese taxpayer to create inefficiencies and for the US (and UK) to purchase the surpluses on the cheap. We don’t need an EV industry, or to make solar panels or wind turbines especially at the cost of taxing other industries more. There are plenty of other industries that can and will drive economic growth, particularly if they do not have to pay more tax to give to bad businesses.
The wind will always be there and the sun will always shine. It’s better to buy solar panels cheaply from China than tax ourselves to death in order to prop up our own solar panel industry making expensive solar panels.
It’s hard to understand why the author calls right to work states, “anti-labor”. Providing manufacturing jobs to the masses seems like a good idea to me.
I’m not convinced that a workforce too stupid and too timid to stand up for itself is all that good for business.. most successful businesses value their smart workers and pay well above the going rate! Slave economies are notoriously low productivity economies.
S D
8 months ago
“bigger firms naturally dominate many sectors, including those the Biden administration seeks to promote, such as semiconductor and pharmaceutical manufacturing. But “big business” is unpopular with the American public and politicians love to shower favours on small business and start-ups, even though few of these have a chance in face-to-face competition with state-backed Chinese corporations and other multinationals.”
So the answer for dealing with state-backed Chinese corporations…. is for the state not to back US-based ones?
“Elsewhere, the Taiwanese firm TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, has outraged unions by announcing plans to bring hundreds of Taiwanese workers to its new factory in Arizona, which is estimated to be eligible for $15 billion in various federal subsidies derived from the IRA. And this fits in with a broader trend, whereby unionised American workers are being undermined, rather than empowered, by the IRA. Of the dozens of new factories whose construction was announced between August 2022 and March 2023, 83% have been in anti-union, anti-labour “right to work” states, many in the American South and West.”
Of course they are going to build factories where labour laws are weaker, you can’t blame businesses for choosing the business-friendly states. Also in a decade that new factory will have benefitted from the Taiwanese expertise, and will have transferred those skills to US workers. That’s pretty much what the west has been doing while exporting jobs to places like India.”
Not a Biden fan, but what else would you expect?
Last edited 8 months ago by samdetzler
Tyler Durden
8 months ago
China is continuing to commission new coal-fired power stations while continuing to leap ahead as the green workshop of the world (they also lead the world in pumping 30% of its carbon into the atmosphere).
That is the political economic epoch in which we live – a sort of right-on globalisation.
China’s plans for new carbon-emitting powers will supposedly peak in 2030, the year when the developed world was supposed to have eliminated all pollutors from their energy and transport sectors.
The irony is beyond crushing. The same sort that sustains a Biden presidency and his likely re-election as an old gent with dementia.
Biden using his Presidential powers and vast Federal funds to favour associates of him, his family and his party? Associates both in the USA and overseas in China and elsewhere? I’m shocked. There surely were absolutely no warning signs of this when he was Vice President, right? A free and pural media’s coverage of the Presidential election would have revealed any such misuse of power before be became President, yes?
Oh, I remember now. Orange Man Bad. Orange Man Bad. Orange Man Bad. Orange Man Bad. Orange Man Bad. Orange Man Bad.
I’m prone to thinking democracy isn’t working because we don’t get what we vote for. Despite the craven mainstream media’s thinly disguised blanket campaigning for Biden and the demonisation of the Orange Man, there were still plenty of critical voices if you wanted to hear them. In President Biden voters have got exactly what they voted for.
Orange man *is* bad, you dufus. So bad, he made Biden look good.
Orange man *is* bad, you dufus. So bad, he made Biden look good.
Biden using his Presidential powers and vast Federal funds to favour associates of him, his family and his party? Associates both in the USA and overseas in China and elsewhere? I’m shocked. There surely were absolutely no warning signs of this when he was Vice President, right? A free and pural media’s coverage of the Presidential election would have revealed any such misuse of power before be became President, yes?
Oh, I remember now. Orange Man Bad. Orange Man Bad. Orange Man Bad. Orange Man Bad. Orange Man Bad. Orange Man Bad.
I’m prone to thinking democracy isn’t working because we don’t get what we vote for. Despite the craven mainstream media’s thinly disguised blanket campaigning for Biden and the demonisation of the Orange Man, there were still plenty of critical voices if you wanted to hear them. In President Biden voters have got exactly what they voted for.
The IRA is “one of the most significant laws in our history”.
No question about it. It is perhaps the most significant law because it is perhaps the most corrupt and damaging piece of legislation ever passed. It is a pure payoff to Biden’s leftist friends in pursuit of an imaginary concern. On top of all that, it tipped the US into a recession in 2022 (leading to higher borrowing costs for all Americans) and we are due for another one soon.
Let’s go Brandon!
.
add in the money wasted (sorry, spent) on your military including the $150bn or so to the black market, via Ukraine.. Keeping those 800 bases worldwide must be costly?
.
add in the money wasted (sorry, spent) on your military including the $150bn or so to the black market, via Ukraine.. Keeping those 800 bases worldwide must be costly?
The IRA is “one of the most significant laws in our history”.
No question about it. It is perhaps the most significant law because it is perhaps the most corrupt and damaging piece of legislation ever passed. It is a pure payoff to Biden’s leftist friends in pursuit of an imaginary concern. On top of all that, it tipped the US into a recession in 2022 (leading to higher borrowing costs for all Americans) and we are due for another one soon.
Let’s go Brandon!
What he actually meant was “the new special interests won and the old special interests lost — along with the American people.”
Buy the new products, friends — you’ve already paid for half of them. Use your devalued money before it disappears entirely.
What he actually meant was “the new special interests won and the old special interests lost — along with the American people.”
Buy the new products, friends — you’ve already paid for half of them. Use your devalued money before it disappears entirely.
IRA!
How very disappointing, at first glance I was hoping for news on the ongoing war in Ireland. Perhaps something about the scandalous, never ending, ‘show trial’ of Soldier F.
But no, just some anodyne news from our former colonies relating how their ossified leader, one Joe (Ballina) Biden had blundered yet again.
Amusing Charlie.. yer always worth a read, I’ll give ye that.. me too btw.. I thought I know he’s Oirish but I didn’t know he was senior in the IRA!
Ah Mr Mahony, good to hear from you.
I was in your ‘fair city’ the other day, thanks to the ‘Jack Lynch’ tunnel being closed because of “improvements” as you say.
Sadly the City did seem rather scruffy and down at heel, but it did give me a chance to visit Fort Elizabeth. I must say somebody has done an absolutely splendid job in restoring it to almost pristine condition, and open ‘free of charge.’
Later I popped in on the evocative ruins of Kilcrea Friary to pay my respects to your ancestors, before heading off west.
You did well.. agus fáilte romhait (and you’re welcome).. enjoy your stay!
You did well.. agus fáilte romhait (and you’re welcome).. enjoy your stay!
Ah Mr Mahony, good to hear from you.
I was in your ‘fair city’ the other day, thanks to the ‘Jack Lynch’ tunnel being closed because of “improvements” as you say.
Sadly the City did seem rather scruffy and down at heel, but it did give me a chance to visit Fort Elizabeth. I must say somebody has done an absolutely splendid job in restoring it to almost pristine condition, and open ‘free of charge.’
Later I popped in on the evocative ruins of Kilcrea Friary to pay my respects to your ancestors, before heading off west.
Amusing Charlie.. yer always worth a read, I’ll give ye that.. me too btw.. I thought I know he’s Oirish but I didn’t know he was senior in the IRA!
IRA!
How very disappointing, at first glance I was hoping for news on the ongoing war in Ireland. Perhaps something about the scandalous, never ending, ‘show trial’ of Soldier F.
But no, just some anodyne news from our former colonies relating how their ossified leader, one Joe (Ballina) Biden had blundered yet again.
Isn’t that the wrong pensionable politician in the photograph?
Maybe the message is Bernie’s Programs = IRA? ‘cant3see the connection myself through..
Maybe the message is Bernie’s Programs = IRA? ‘cant3see the connection myself through..
Isn’t that the wrong pensionable politician in the photograph?
“bigger firms naturally dominate many sectors, including those the Biden administration seeks to promote, such as semiconductor and pharmaceutical manufacturing. But “big business” is unpopular with the American public and politicians love to shower favours on small business and start-ups, even though few of these have a chance in face-to-face competition with state-backed Chinese corporations and other multinationals.”
So the answer for dealing with state-backed Chinese corporations…. is for the state not to back US-based ones?
“Elsewhere, the Taiwanese firm TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, has outraged unions by announcing plans to bring hundreds of Taiwanese workers to its new factory in Arizona, which is estimated to be eligible for $15 billion in various federal subsidies derived from the IRA. And this fits in with a broader trend, whereby unionised American workers are being undermined, rather than empowered, by the IRA. Of the dozens of new factories whose construction was announced between August 2022 and March 2023, 83% have been in anti-union, anti-labour “right to work” states, many in the American South and West.”
Of course they are going to build factories where labour laws are weaker, you can’t blame businesses for choosing the business-friendly states. Also in a decade that new factory will have benefitted from the Taiwanese expertise, and will have transferred those skills to US workers. That’s pretty much what the west has been doing while exporting jobs to places like India.”
Not a Biden fan, but what else would you expect?
“… the answer for dealing with state-backed Chinese corporations…. is for the state not to back US-based ones?”
Yes. Why the need to compete in these chosen industries? Better to allow the Chinese taxpayer to create inefficiencies and for the US (and UK) to purchase the surpluses on the cheap. We don’t need an EV industry, or to make solar panels or wind turbines especially at the cost of taxing other industries more. There are plenty of other industries that can and will drive economic growth, particularly if they do not have to pay more tax to give to bad businesses.
The wind will always be there and the sun will always shine. It’s better to buy solar panels cheaply from China than tax ourselves to death in order to prop up our own solar panel industry making expensive solar panels.
China has moved itself into a near monopoly position with certain minerals by capturing the mines. Whether Africa will remain happy about that is an open question given the corruption there. The Chinese exploit corruption while the US “outlaws” foreign bribes. In the long game China may increase pricing and the world will have no counter. The US has plenty of minerals but rejects mining along with the very dirty processing; perhaps US technology can improve processing but that was not part of the IRA.
Even more reason not to obsess over net zero. Such obsession can only push us further into China’s influence.
Let’s hope Africa gets a much better deal from China and the West, mot least by setting one off against the other. The West cannot moan about China’s involvement given its grossly unfair exploitation of Africa’s resources over centuries..
Come off it Liam old chap, the Chinks will eat them alive!
At least we gave them Law & Order, a Civil Service, a Health system, Education, Roads & Railways, even, God forbid Christianity, and whiskey & soda. What more could you ask for?
But it seems you didn’t though did you? You gave them slavery, endless disorder, a corrupt civil service (thanks to puppet tyrant govts), no education (we Irish did that!) and its only since the Chinese came they have real roads, railways, ports, airports etc etc. Between yourselves, the French, Belgians and Germans you robbed them blind, murdered and tortured them at will (similar to but ahead of, N¤z¡ism) …and continued to screw them over using neocolonial tactics.
It’s payback time Charlie.. and so far, China and Russia are the heroes in Africa.. The mono-polar world is in decline and will soon be fully binned. You and your ilk got 500 years of pillage out it so be grateful for that.. Now Africa is on the rise, big time and with BRICS+ behind them they cannot fail
The West is finished and good riddance. As we Irish are harmless and will plead overwhelming pressure from our USUK masters we’ll swap over seamlessly.. Africa will remember our educators and our strategic position in West Europe will ensure our never ending prosperity (which began 50 years after we freed OURselves from the yoke) will continue. I see all my predictions for the GB are coming to pass including the looting – ok I predicted rioting, but don’t be picky, I was close – much more to come too, I’ll warrant! What can I say ..suck it up!
We gave them slavery? Err, no we didn’t. Stopped reading after that. If you can’t get that right then your comment is of no value.
Glad to see you didn’t hold back there one little bit Liam. It’s impressive to see such an untainted record of innocence prevailing, from such an oppressed and ill served land. Like a shining beacon for us all, in this messy and ugly world filled with forced choices and imperfect solutions.
We gave them slavery? Err, no we didn’t. Stopped reading after that. If you can’t get that right then your comment is of no value.
Glad to see you didn’t hold back there one little bit Liam. It’s impressive to see such an untainted record of innocence prevailing, from such an oppressed and ill served land. Like a shining beacon for us all, in this messy and ugly world filled with forced choices and imperfect solutions.
But it seems you didn’t though did you? You gave them slavery, endless disorder, a corrupt civil service (thanks to puppet tyrant govts), no education (we Irish did that!) and its only since the Chinese came they have real roads, railways, ports, airports etc etc. Between yourselves, the French, Belgians and Germans you robbed them blind, murdered and tortured them at will (similar to but ahead of, N¤z¡ism) …and continued to screw them over using neocolonial tactics.
It’s payback time Charlie.. and so far, China and Russia are the heroes in Africa.. The mono-polar world is in decline and will soon be fully binned. You and your ilk got 500 years of pillage out it so be grateful for that.. Now Africa is on the rise, big time and with BRICS+ behind them they cannot fail
The West is finished and good riddance. As we Irish are harmless and will plead overwhelming pressure from our USUK masters we’ll swap over seamlessly.. Africa will remember our educators and our strategic position in West Europe will ensure our never ending prosperity (which began 50 years after we freed OURselves from the yoke) will continue. I see all my predictions for the GB are coming to pass including the looting – ok I predicted rioting, but don’t be picky, I was close – much more to come too, I’ll warrant! What can I say ..suck it up!
Come off it Liam old chap, the Chinks will eat them alive!
At least we gave them Law & Order, a Civil Service, a Health system, Education, Roads & Railways, even, God forbid Christianity, and whiskey & soda. What more could you ask for?
Even more reason not to obsess over net zero. Such obsession can only push us further into China’s influence.
Let’s hope Africa gets a much better deal from China and the West, mot least by setting one off against the other. The West cannot moan about China’s involvement given its grossly unfair exploitation of Africa’s resources over centuries..
“Taxing ourselves to death” to prop up various politically connected industries is what politics is all about. Using other people’s money to enrich your friends and family is the American way.
It works in the UK as well, and in most pseudo democracies.. all you need is good propaganda and a gullible electorate and God knows there’s no shortage of those!
It works in the UK as well, and in most pseudo democracies.. all you need is good propaganda and a gullible electorate and God knows there’s no shortage of those!
When you buy cheap from abroad and see a better bottom line that is because you omitted some of the figures, viz..
Corporation tax income from mnfrg at home including from several the spin-off firms.
Income tax from wages (mnfrg.+spin-offs) at home.
Social welfare costs if the mnfrg. workers would otherwise be unemployed.
Negative impact on balance of payments.
Carbon costs on transportation from thousands of miles away.
Business selfishly looks only at its own bottom line, short-term; and ignores the big picture. This is how globalisation destroyed the planet.. narrow-minded, selfish bean counters.
Can’t take anything you say seriously after your comment about giving Africa slavery. Sorry.
Can’t take anything you say seriously after your comment about giving Africa slavery. Sorry.
China has moved itself into a near monopoly position with certain minerals by capturing the mines. Whether Africa will remain happy about that is an open question given the corruption there. The Chinese exploit corruption while the US “outlaws” foreign bribes. In the long game China may increase pricing and the world will have no counter. The US has plenty of minerals but rejects mining along with the very dirty processing; perhaps US technology can improve processing but that was not part of the IRA.
“Taxing ourselves to death” to prop up various politically connected industries is what politics is all about. Using other people’s money to enrich your friends and family is the American way.
When you buy cheap from abroad and see a better bottom line that is because you omitted some of the figures, viz..
Corporation tax income from mnfrg at home including from several the spin-off firms.
Income tax from wages (mnfrg.+spin-offs) at home.
Social welfare costs if the mnfrg. workers would otherwise be unemployed.
Negative impact on balance of payments.
Carbon costs on transportation from thousands of miles away.
Business selfishly looks only at its own bottom line, short-term; and ignores the big picture. This is how globalisation destroyed the planet.. narrow-minded, selfish bean counters.
It’s hard to understand why the author calls right to work states, “anti-labor”. Providing manufacturing jobs to the masses seems like a good idea to me.
..by “masses” do you mean people? And by “…jobs” do you mean poorly-paid jobs? Please be more specific..
..by “masses” do you mean people? And by “…jobs” do you mean poorly-paid jobs? Please be more specific..
I’m not convinced that a workforce too stupid and too timid to stand up for itself is all that good for business.. most successful businesses value their smart workers and pay well above the going rate! Slave economies are notoriously low productivity economies.
“… the answer for dealing with state-backed Chinese corporations…. is for the state not to back US-based ones?”
Yes. Why the need to compete in these chosen industries? Better to allow the Chinese taxpayer to create inefficiencies and for the US (and UK) to purchase the surpluses on the cheap. We don’t need an EV industry, or to make solar panels or wind turbines especially at the cost of taxing other industries more. There are plenty of other industries that can and will drive economic growth, particularly if they do not have to pay more tax to give to bad businesses.
The wind will always be there and the sun will always shine. It’s better to buy solar panels cheaply from China than tax ourselves to death in order to prop up our own solar panel industry making expensive solar panels.
It’s hard to understand why the author calls right to work states, “anti-labor”. Providing manufacturing jobs to the masses seems like a good idea to me.
I’m not convinced that a workforce too stupid and too timid to stand up for itself is all that good for business.. most successful businesses value their smart workers and pay well above the going rate! Slave economies are notoriously low productivity economies.
“bigger firms naturally dominate many sectors, including those the Biden administration seeks to promote, such as semiconductor and pharmaceutical manufacturing. But “big business” is unpopular with the American public and politicians love to shower favours on small business and start-ups, even though few of these have a chance in face-to-face competition with state-backed Chinese corporations and other multinationals.”
So the answer for dealing with state-backed Chinese corporations…. is for the state not to back US-based ones?
“Elsewhere, the Taiwanese firm TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, has outraged unions by announcing plans to bring hundreds of Taiwanese workers to its new factory in Arizona, which is estimated to be eligible for $15 billion in various federal subsidies derived from the IRA. And this fits in with a broader trend, whereby unionised American workers are being undermined, rather than empowered, by the IRA. Of the dozens of new factories whose construction was announced between August 2022 and March 2023, 83% have been in anti-union, anti-labour “right to work” states, many in the American South and West.”
Of course they are going to build factories where labour laws are weaker, you can’t blame businesses for choosing the business-friendly states. Also in a decade that new factory will have benefitted from the Taiwanese expertise, and will have transferred those skills to US workers. That’s pretty much what the west has been doing while exporting jobs to places like India.”
Not a Biden fan, but what else would you expect?
China is continuing to commission new coal-fired power stations while continuing to leap ahead as the green workshop of the world (they also lead the world in pumping 30% of its carbon into the atmosphere).
That is the political economic epoch in which we live – a sort of right-on globalisation.
China’s plans for new carbon-emitting powers will supposedly peak in 2030, the year when the developed world was supposed to have eliminated all pollutors from their energy and transport sectors.
The irony is beyond crushing. The same sort that sustains a Biden presidency and his likely re-election as an old gent with dementia.