Making Things: Part II

Corporate America’s hunger for excess profits and Wall Street’s thirst for short-term growth are no match for the coming wave. They’re doing it with our money.

A Chinese enterprise buys 128 new genome sequencers (from a US company) to become the largest research center of its kind in the world.

China invests heavily in new airport infrastructure.

China invests heavily in high-speed rail.

Meanwhile, New Jersey Gov. Christie cancels the building of a new tunnel to augment the 100 year old two track tunnel that carries all AMTRAK and commuter rail from New Jersey. Can anyone say “hardening of the arteries?”

China invests heavily in electric vehicles.

China-takes-on-America-in-electric-car-race.

We are about to learn how to live in a second rate country because our jobs have been shipped overseas.