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.
As the article suggests, I don’t think we’ll ever find out how many billions of dollars of “COVID relief” – PPP loans, unemployment benefits, Medicaid waiver exceptions, student loans – were spent on fraud, waste and abuse. No politician of any political party, nor any of the Federal or state “swamp creatures,” have any real interest in exposing just how badly managed all of this was. They all enriched themselves, bought votes and gained influence by shoveling buckets full of taxpayer dollars into who-knows-who’s pockets and bank accounts. None of them have any interest in illuminating this because none of… Read more »