Ma says blaming China for any economic issues in the U.S. is misguided. If America is looking to blame anyone, Ma said, it should blame itself.

"It's not that other countries steal jobs from you guys," Ma said. "It's your strategy. Distribute the money and things in a proper way."
He said the U.S. has wasted over $14 trillion in fighting wars over the past 30 years rather than investing in infrastructure at home.

Youseff wrote:Americans, collectively, seemingly have moved on from the destruction W & congress brought with the Iraq war. I think it's because we're a horribly stupid and evil people, but Jack Ma points out the consequences:

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/18/chinese- ... cture.html

Ma says blaming China for any economic issues in the U.S. is misguided. If America is looking to blame anyone, Ma said, it should blame itself.

"It's not that other countries steal jobs from you guys," Ma said. "It's your strategy. Distribute the money and things in a proper way."
He said the U.S. has wasted over $14 trillion in fighting wars over the past 30 years rather than investing in infrastructure at home.

Wells Fargo & Co., the third-largest bank in the country, will close about 400 bank locations over the next two years, but has not announced specifically which banks will be closing.

JUburton wrote:someone is going to ask rick perry about the nuclear triad right? and if he gets it wrong the questioning should just end then also, right?

“I have learned a great deal about the important work being done every day by the outstanding men and women of the DOE,” Perry said in his opening statement at his Senate confirmation hearing this morning. “My past statements made over five years ago about abolishing the Department of Energy do not reflect my current thinking. In fact, after being briefed on so many of the vital functions of the Department of Energy, I regret recommending its elimination.”