is china sending us all their lead filled toys and toxic food because we owe them so much money?

Question

think of it as interest on our massive debt

Answer 1

I think it is probably the corporations wanting to make more of a profit,so things are being made cheaper.

Answer 2

I don't think it has anything to do with America owing them. It has to do with the fact that they have no regulations on their manufacturing and they are trying to make as much money as possible by taking the most shortcuts they can. The chineses market is an unregulated free for all mess.

We aren't the only country that buys Chinese goods.

Answer 3

Actually, I do. Now that we know that a small segment of Chinese toys and Mexican vegetables have harmful organisms/elements on/in them, it's up to the consumer to decide whether or not to purchase it. If you don't want to be harmed, don't buy the products. You're being safer by making the choice and knowing the facts.

Answer 4

They don't want their toxic waste polluting their environment so they put it in their super cheap toys and ship it over here. That way the stupid american thinks he is getting a good deal on the cheap toy AND they get rid of their lethal toxic waste. It's a "win-win" for them, that's the american way, only in China.

Answer 5

Poor quality control and they are helping us keep our economy from hitting the toilet. They may soon own the US as Japan almost did in the 1980s, however, England actually owns more property and businesses than the Japanese and very may know this.

Answer 6

No, they make more money this way...

Just remember kids, even though you got lead poisoning so that some CEOs in China could make extra cash, we should still never question capitalism.

Answer 7

We don't owe them very much money. You fell for Chinese propaganda.

In reality, China only owns around $400 billion in American debt and that is only a small percentage of the U.S.'s $11.5 trillion yearly GDP.

The U.S. doesn't want China to buy our debt. China only buys our debt to devalue ITS currency. Devaluing ITS currency causes an extremely large trade deficit. That trade deficit sends hundreds of billions of dollars into China's banks. That money is being used by to China to rapidly expand its military. Instead of China paying off its own foreign debt ($150 billion), China uses money generated by the trade deficit to buy our debt which creates an even larger trade deficit.

China is using the cash from the trade surplus to greatly expand its military. China is ignoring the 900 million Chinese living in very extreme poverty (chinese government statistic). Travellers to China never see the massive poverty because it is hidden in small villages scattered around the country. That was communist leader Mao's idea. 900 million people in China live in extreme poverty while the leaders of China live like kings.

China would not have the massive military it has today if Clinton was never president since China would not have the money to buy fancy weapons. Clinton was the one that pushed the world into letting China join the WTO. That has allowed China to spend more money on its military than the U.S. does ( when you take into account China forcing its currency to be devalued and China paying its soldiers nearly nothing )

Clinton pushed the world to let China join the WTO, it is nearly impossible to put trade sanctions on China for what it is doing. Most of the world wanted sanctions on China and Clinton pushed the world to let China join the WTO.

Clinton also got money for the Democrat party from China. Clinton gave China military secrets. China now has long range missiles because of Clinton. That puts the U.S. at risk for a nuclear attack from China. (China has talked of nuking both the U.S. and Japan). Two foreigners involved in the case pled guilty. China also secretly funded Bill Clinton's legal defense fund.

Answer 8

It's all about profit.

Lead paint is cheaper and it makes toys shiny and pretty!
The Chinese have no regulation and safety standards groups to hold them accountable!

Let's not forget all of the other things they have sent that were substandard like tires and seafood and medicines.

It took consumers groups and environmentalists decades to require U.S. companies to follow regulations and safety standards........now we get to start all over again!

Answer 9

If they really wanted to go for the throat, they would just call in their debt. If they and the Saudis did that, we'd be in big trouble.

Answer 10

They got us between a rock and a hard place,and they know it,so they'll just continue flooding this country with their poisonous crap,all the while expanding their military (often with technology courtesy of IBM,Boeing,etc)...