[DeTomaso] made in China

[Dick Koch]

  Now that everyone else on this forum seems to have chimed in on this 
topic, I now feel free to do the same without any criticism, or 
censorship from the forum king for having an embedded link.

If we think our problems come from abroad, I would offer up the 
following theory I was sent by a friend that relates to this topic - The 
Dead Horse Theory.  Here's how it goes:

The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to 
generation, says that:

             When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, your 
best strategy is to dismount.

             However, in our government more advanced strategies are 
often employed, such as:

             1. Buying a stronger (and more expensive) whip.

             2. Changing riders.

             3. Appointing a committee to study the horse.

             4. Arranging trips to other countries to see how other 
cultures ride dead horses.

             5. Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included.

             6. Reclassifying the dead horse as living-impaired.

             7. Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse.

             8. Harnessing several dead horses together to increase 
efficiency.

             9. Providing additional funding and/or training to increase 
dead horse's performance.

             10. Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders 
would improve the dead horse's performance.

             11. Declaring that as the dead horse does not have to be 
fed, it is less costly, carries lower overhead and therefore
contributes substantially more to the bottom line of the economy than do 
some live horses.

             12. Rewriting the expected performance requirements for all 
horses.

             And of course....

             13. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position.

             If you don't understand the stupidity in this reasoning, 
you probably are happy with the way our tax money is being
spent.

Also, in many cases when something doesn't go our way, we need to look 
in the mirror to see who is to blame.  As it relates to the trade issue 
with China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, etc., the following read may partially 
explain the problem - and it is us (our government).
http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-11-26/markets/30443753_1_manufacturing-sector-asian-crisis-government-bailouts

Dick Koch - Atlanta