We are under assaut, not by men with guns, ships, missles, planes, but rather men armed with financial tools.

What would we do if we were attacked by a huge military force that threatened our very existence? We would do like our Parents and Grandparets did in WW2. We would focus all of the nations resources on defeating the enemy.

This is how we must act in order to defend ourselves from the financial assault we face from the Chinese and OPEC. We must sacrifice as our forefathers have done in order to remain free.

We need to do whatever is necessary to win. If we must raise taxes then we should ALL be wiling to pay as long as it goes to pay off the debt and shore up our financial house. If we must take pay cuts in order to get more jobs in this country we must ALL take pay cuts, but those who would try to take advantage of that shall be executed for treason.

This is economic war and we must take no prisoners. We should use every resource we have to win. We must drill for our own oil, dig up our other natural resources, and we should do it with haste and clean up the mess later. We are in a war for our very survival.

We must focus our smartest minds on the next waves of technology but commit to only building those new products in the USA and to go after any company or nation that tries to copy our ideas.

We must win at any cost! If we must get nasty then lets get nasty. If our forefathers could die in the trenches or kill the enemy by any means necessary then we should be willing to do whatever we have to.

This is a rallying cry to fight for your freedom before it is handed over to the rest of the world.

I welcome ideas on ways we can win this economic war we have been in for years. We are loosing today, but how can we turn it around and come out on top?

We must become the economic powerhouse we once were and we must learn to live within our means as a nation and as individuals.

EDIT TO ADD: By economic war I do not mean bombs and guns. I mean we do everything in our power to out compete them.

[edit on 23-11-2009 by HotSauce]

I agree, and I'd include India too. Even if that only means pulling back our jobs and making some of our own "stuff" again to create more new jobs. It's really the only way.

What are you talking about?

America put herself in this situation with years of mismanaged budgets and borrowing money from China.

China was minding it's own business until AMERICA decided to outsource jobs to them along with India, and then when we realized that they couln't keep jobs anymore because of the outsourcing, they borrowed billions from China.

China is keeping the US afloat right now. Don't bite the hand that feeds you. You should be waging a war against your government and the corrupt offficials who got you into this mess in the first place.

~Keeper

First and foremost we need to put the federal government on a starvation diet. Stop congress from spending money on foolishness. Buy American goods at every chance,and limit the purchase of foreign goods to the bare necessities.
WE are not the problem. An out of control spending juggernaut we call government is.

If we purchase American goods exclusively there will be more jobs created,simple as that.

China enslaves all its people for decades so they can build our cheap crap, and to show your appreciation you want to "declare war" on them?

Just like war, the ones who can declare it will be the ones living...

Same goes for this.

Originally posted by daddyroo45
First and foremost we need to put the federal government on a starvation diet. Stop congress from spending money on foolishness. Buy American goods at every chance,and limit the purchase of foreign goods to the bare necessities.
WE are not the problem. An out of control spending juggernaut we call government is.

If we purchase American goods exclusively there will be more jobs created,simple as that.

Agreed on the starvation of the Federal government.. I think we shoud choose to limit where we purchase from as individuals but each products should have a giant sticker saying where it was made.. and where its components came from. The reason I dont think we should be forced to buy American is that just promotes complacency and what we need to learn to do is to make the very best products at the very best prices in the world.

To the OPer what the hell are you talking about? Don't blame China for our economic problems. BLAME CORPORATE AMERICA AND OUR GODDAMN GOVERNMENT! It's not the Chinese fault. They are only taking advantage of opportunity. My god! It seems the only thing Americans are good at nowadays is whining and pointing fingers. Multinational corporations are the ones that sold out America. Congress and the Presidents of the past 50 years are the ones who've been selling out the American people. NOT CHINA! We are money junkies addicted to debt and credit. Boycott all the companies that offshore US jobs. And for god's sake quit investing in WallStreet and the same corporations that keep undermining the American middle class.

How many people who bitch and moan and whine are SHAREHOLDERS? The average shareholder is part of the problem. US corporations and multinational corporations only care about profit because they have to satisfy shareholders. I pulled my money out of Wallstreet a long time ago. I'm young and can find other ways to save for retirement than investing in the ponzi scheme we call WallStreet.

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Originally posted by tothetenthpower
What are you talking about?

America put herself in this situation with years of mismanaged budgets and borrowing money from China.

I for one will agree PARTLY with that.

Why am I Singled out as a single patriot?


[edit on 23-11-2009 by SLAYER69]

Originally posted by Kaytagg
China enslaves all its people for decades so they can build our cheap crap, and to show your appreciation you want to "declare war" on them?

China enslaving and selling their people is their issue. If you think about it this way, we are supporting this enslavement by buying their products, no?

I don't believe anyone is saying declare war on the people directly. This is economic. CEO to CEO if you will.

We're in trouble here. Trouble as in the people in this country are becoming just like the people in China who are enslaved. This is something that needs some serious consideration if we're to get out of trouble. China could do the same.

And again, declaring "war" can be everything from buying American to gearing up our kids to actually compete again (after having been told LIES for decades that they're not competitive) and wooing and keeping education dollars from said evil corporations HERE instead of sending them to say India (IBM builds $1B university in India ring any bells?)

Declaring "war" can be forcing change in these so-called tax hits.

[edit on 23-11-2009 by ~Lucidity]