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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (1235)	10/20/2005 1:05:47 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218540

US emulates Europe and see the results: >>Detroit's carmakers are being strangled by concessions they made to the United Auto Workers (UAW) in 1999 when times were good. Any time they want to close a factory and lay people off they face huge bills. Even if they keep workers on the payroll until they retire, GM and Ford are crippled by their past generosity. Pensions and health-care commitments for workers and pensioners amount to about $1,500 per car, or 5% of revenues in GM's case. And the demographics are frightening: after reducing its workforce by two-thirds since the 1980s, GM now has about 2.5 pensioners for every worker. Meanwhile, the American transplant factories of their Asian and European competitors have none of these costs, and have young, non-unionised workforces. Moreover, they were showered with investment grants and other incentives from grateful states that in some cases could still be worth around $1,000 per car.<<

To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (1235)	10/20/2005 4:13:15 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218540

Hello Elroy, I believe the CCP wants to have more accountability placed on its members, as well as let the crowds be more accountable for their actions (for picking the wrong leader). I do not believe the CCP is interested in sharing power with another party, but will by and by in any case, in fullnessof time, just as it actions the experiments in economics and monetary matters, all in good time. I definitely do not believe the CCP gives a hoot what the US or anybodyelse outside of China thinks about its politics and is not at all the case that ... "Economic problems caused by several decades of unrestrained and uncoordinated growth are beginning to seriously affect the social framework of Chinese society and directly impact the ability of the CPC to maintain order. In particular, the problems of unchecked corruption among local government officials and a massive income gap between the rich and poor -- with CPC members often on the comfortable side of this gap -- make a democratic system of government seem more attractive to a population growingly disaffected by such problems." ... few in China is willing to go the American route of electing the lowest common denominator; and as to ... "In the context of the Rumsfeld visit, U.S. President George W. Bush's Nov. 19 visit to Beijing and the scheduled November resumption of the six-party talks regarding the North Korean nuclear weapons program, the official recognition of a need for democratic political reform in China could bring some of the breathing room from Western pressure Hu needs in order to deal with more pressing problems." I do not believe China requires any breathing room from the likes of Rumsfeld / Bush, because there is preciously little they can do. Stratfor tends to equate the "west" with the USA, and that is convenient, but simply not true, especially these days. Stratfor tends to over-estimate the role of USA influence on China, and makes the fatal mistake of taking notice of a White Paper that simply summarizes the experience etc of a program that has been progressing for at least 8 years (I repeated noted the schemaand design on political accountability siince my joining SI Message 18118146 way back whenever). Stratfor treat what is obvious and apparent and continuation of history as breaking news. Chugs, J