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.
Dey’s point in his last two paragraphs is spot on. An increasingly poorly educated, uninformed, easily misled, government dependent electorate can’t figure out that the public officials they put in office are the ones destroying their state. Until they do, our once great state will continue to spiral to the bottom.