Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
Millions of dollars wasted on hurt feelings. Hundreds of positions placed in desk jobs instead of being out there doing the cop job. All of these consent degrees are useless, wasteful. Waste tons of cash for years, produce huge volumes of paper reports, file cabinets full of stats and graphs. Huge salaries to law firms and connected individuals for results that end up with nothing but stacks of paper, filled filing cabinets and word salad reports.