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Politics : Ask Michael Burke
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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (121376)3/13/2010 10:37:00 AM
From: LowtherAcademy  Read Replies (1) of 132070
 
Hi Mike, Not only did this make me nostalgic for the 19th Century and Westward expansion, the California Gold Rush and
no Income Taxes and Opium at the corner druggist, but it got me to thinking about hiring the Chinese to take over our Prison System.
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And, they'd probably make pretty darn good and cheap Mercenaries for our Middle East and African Adventures.
And, of course, I'd like to have a cheap legal housekeeper--although sadly it would have to be a Closeau's Kato instead of an Emporer's concubine due to the dearth of women in the new China....

On a more serious note, I read over on Fleckenstein's Ask Fleck that the Chinese were having a labor shortage for manufacturing. Seems that when the factories all closed last year and the peasants when back home they found employment building infrastructure for China's new Cities.
Who'd a thunk it? In fact, the Factories are having to recruit with signing bonuses. Reminds me of Calgary and the McDonalds joints having to offer signing bonuses during the Oil Sands Expansion a couple of years back.

And in the ultimate Bizzaro World window dressing, our new potential subcontractors would rather be paid in a Treasuries swap than Gold as they believe Gold is a bubble.

Is this a great time to live, or what?
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