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.
For schools, it doesn’t matter who is President–schools are funded with state and local money. And incidentally, Detroit and Puerto Rico asked for bailouts and the Feds told them to get lost. Gerald Ford told NYC to “drop dead” in 1976 when it got into financial trouble. If CPS needs money for pencils and paper, organize some bake sales. The goal is to sell 12,000,000 Disney “Frozen” cupcakes for $1000 each to pay off the unfunded pension liabilities.