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.
You gotta’ hand it to Pritzker. He has successfully dodged any serious discussion of the issue, and the press has let him get away with it. He makes one silly comment after another about pensions, and nobody challenges him. At this late stage the voters are totally to blame for his successful mischaracterization of the problem
Any politician will take advantage of press disinterest and incompetence. Pritzker has nobody in the media challenging him.