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If I hear one more time that the United States of America is the “Greatest Democracy and Nation on Earth”, I am going to blow chunks. The statement shows a total ignorance and lack of comprehension as to how any other country in the world operates. I have watched US politics at nauseam and while the Democrats still believe the mantra they are not so sure given all that is going on. Republicans just repeat it over and over again almost trying to will the statement true.

I would not say however that the US is the greatest or freest democracy or nation on earth. It is one of the best, but true democracies across the globe all have an inherent greatness because they are democracies. I will concede that America is probably the greatest country for the wealthy. Low taxes on investment and corporate income allows the wealthy to pay lower tax rates than the middle class. How low you might ask? Amazon reported earnings of nearly $4.3 billion and paid zero in taxes. Jeff Bezos, Amazons founder, has a Net Worth of $140 billion and paid zero federal tax last year. Bezos and Amazon are dependent on Infrastructure such as roads and bridges to move product but paid no taxes towards the maintenance or improvement of those. They paid nothing towards Social Programs, Education, Healthcare, Defense, Justice, or towards anything the US government funds on behalf of its citizens. Instead, Mr. Bezos is spending billions so he can go into space.

The change in 2017 to US estate tax law provided the wealthy the ability to pass their wealth in perpetuity and never pay taxes. When David Koch of the Koch Brothers, passed leaving a $50 billion dollar Estate, there were no estate taxes. In fact the wealth from his estate will never be subject to tax and can be passed down to generation after generation. Under the old rules Koch’s estate would owe $15 billion (30%) of the value, now they pay Zero. Good thing they changed the law I don’t know how his heirs and future generations would have survived if they only had $35 billion. Again it truly is the greatest tax haven, I mean country if you are a corporation or wealthy.

So where else might the United States not be as great as other nations? Healthcare immediately comes to mind. I love the fact that the wealthy and politicians in the US are dictating how healthcare should be when they never worry about the cost of it. Medical bills are one of the top causes of bankruptcy in America and the US is the only industrialized nation that does not provide Healthcare to its citizens. Paying for Healthcare is a financial stress that millions of Americans face every day and it’s not just the financial stress but the quality of health care as well. For example, during Covid and because of a national universal health care system, Canada had a much better coordinated effort to combat the virus. The US has had just over 600,000 deaths and Canada just over 26,000, which translates to Canada’s death rate per capita is less than 40% that of the US.

Racial Justice, the US has more people incarcerated per capita than any other western democracy and a disproportionate amount are Latino and Black. I don’t think having a large prison population is a sign of greatness. America is great at trying to cover up the racism that exists throughout the system. It exists simply and innocuously, in the constant use of adjectives to describe Americans. They are spoken all the time, Black American, White American, Latino, Jewish, Muslim American. It literally sounds like there is a pecking order and your place in society is determined by what adjective is first used to describe you. Then there was Charlottesville, where racism and anti-Semitism were on stage, lit by the Tiki torches of hundreds marching and chanting racially charged slurs against Jews. Do any of these people realize part of the reason they went to war with Nazi Germany was to fight the genocide going on in Europe against Jews? America is the greatest country if you are a white male of privilege, I would not say so if a person is Black, Latino, Muslim, LGBTQ or any minority.

I do not believe the US can claim to be the greatest nation especially when Lynching is still not a federal crime. What? This is something that has been perpetrated against thousands of Black men and women in the South since emancipation in 1865; yet, the US still has not written laws against this. The proposed Law was debated in the Senate last year, but could not get enough support from southern Senators like Rand Paul. What the F#$K? Yet in certain states there are laws to prevent people from buying a sex toy, because it is an affront to decency! So in the US you can Lynch someone, hang them with a noose around their neck from a tree, but you can’t buy a dildo as that is indecent. There is something very very wrong with this kind of logic or lack of.

The greatest nation on earth still does not recognize the concept of equal rights for women. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) has still not been ratified by enough individual states and this process started in 1923. The opposition is based on a theory that if passed, the ERA would allow for same-sex marriage, co-ed bathrooms and women being able to serve in combat in the military. The US population is more than 50% women, yet they still are not afforded the full rights and protections as men, so how is this greatness?

Finally I don’t think you can consider yourself the greatest democracy when on January 6, your own citizens tried to stage a coup de tat of the government, attacking the Capitol and resulting in multiple deaths and hundreds of injuries during this insurrection. January 6, showed that many Americans believe that democracy only exists if it is specifically on their terms, everything else is illegitimate. That is not how democracy exists but how autocratic dictatorships and fascist regimes exist.

The fact is, just because you say you’re the greatest nation or democracy does not make it true no matter how many times you say it.

The lack of a coherent and logical energy policy in Canada is infuriating. So in this blog I want to point out a couple of factors as too why Canada needs a coherent strategy. First, Canada continues to be the sole target for environmental groups amongst all other major oil producing nations. Have you ever heard of Protestors against oil pipelines in douche bag Saudi Arabia? No, because they will imprison and torture anyone who dissents the government. That is not the case in Canada as it is a safe haven for protestors and the organizations behind them. Protest a pipeline, even illegally protest and there are literally no consequences in Canada.

Second, Canada has the largest confirmed energy reserves in the world and yet imports oil from douche bag run countries like Saudi Arabia. WTF? It is estimated that from 2016 to 2020 Canada spent $81 billion dollars importing Oil from other countries. There is no better example of exporting well paying jobs out of a country than this.
Next, everyday Canadian Oil is manipulated in trading and it is politically manipulated. Canadian oil trades at a significant discount to other oils of similar quality. Similar Mexican crude trades about $11 higher per barrel than Canadian. Now politics in the US may affect Alberta’s ability to ship oil to Ontario refineries. Lawmakers in Michigan, even though there is an agreement between Canada and the US for the transportation of energy through each country, are trying to shut down two vital oil pipelines supplying Ontario refineries. Then with a new direction in Washington came the kiss goodbye to the billions of dollars, including tax payer dollars, with the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline a total political fiasco by the Canadian Government.

These are just a few facts about what Canada has had to face when it comes to energy and the undue influence that many environmental, political and corporate groups exert on this country. Look at the Tides foundation out of the US, who has paid protestors to come up to Canada and protest energy development, everything from the Tar Sands to pipelines. Do these same environmental groups like the Tides Foundation do similar in the Dakota’s with all the oil well fracking and flaring of gas? Nope and they flare so much natural gas from the wells that you can see North Dakota lit up from space.

Canada is that energy giant the US likes controlling and having in its back pocket; in 2019 Canada shipped 3.7 million barrels a day of crude oil to the US. This represents 99% of all of Canada’s exports of crude. Most of that crude was at a discount of around $11 per barrel to it’s Mexican counterpart. That means Canadian producers receive approximately $16 billion dollars a year less for the same oil. This happens because Canada’s oil is landlocked and so has only one buyer the US. As such US companies are able to dictate and I would say collude on pricing. When you have only one market to sell too and are reliant upon that market, it gives the other side control and Canada has given a great deal of control to US companies. For Canada to correct this, it needs pipelines that go to shipping ports (Tidewater) so the market becomes international not exclusive to the US. Through having access to Tidewater and being able to ship anywhere in the world, the sale of Canadian Oil will go to the highest bidder, not the single bidder anymore. By expanding the market beyond the US, Canada benefits economically. So who do you think does not want this to happen? US refineries and Corporations profiting from the discount .

If those companies are now having to pay $11 more per barrel, that will cost them billions on the Crack Spread. No that is not what you think, the crack spread is essentially the difference in dollar value between refined oil and unrefined.

So I believe it would be naïve for Canadians to ignore the billions of reasons why US Companies might want to meddle and influence their energy industry. The most effective method to stop pipeline development (or really any development in Canada), is to use the environmental argument and then enlist and fund controversial politically motivated groups through non-profits like the Tides Foundation. Who then sow discourse on multiple plains to prevent these projects from going forth.

The Tides foundation has been heavily funded by the Rockefeller family whose patriarch John D Rockefeller is best known for creating the monopoly Standard Oil which was broken up due to the monopoly power it enjoyed. Standard became names like, ExxonMOBIL, Conoco Phillips, Marathon and of course Chevron, who the Rockefeller family still own. What does Chevron do? They refine oil and sell it throughout Canada and the US. The Tides Foundation is a conduit to oppose pipelines in Canada as they are not in US interests and by that I mean, US Corporate interests.

An investigation by journalist, Vivian Krause, found that between 2000 and 2012 that US environmental groups had poured $300 million into legal challenges and protest support in order to meddle in Canadian environmental and domestic policies. It was on publication of the investigation that the Canadian government finally looked at the Tides foundation and what they have been doing, before deciding to cancel $ 8.3 million in funding that the government agreed to give to the Tides Canada Foundation. Holy MotherF!@#$%ng shit! The Canadian government was helping to fund an organization’s meddling in Canada’s own political affairs? Who the hell is running things? Ever heard of due diligence? Of course the answers to these questions are: Yes we were; A Monkey who flings pooh at everyone; No, this is Government not the private sector. This makes the WE Charity scandal seem frivolous in comparison.

Canadian energy independence and security is directly linked to the ability to move the products from one part of the country to the other, which can’t be done without a west to east pipeline, which does not exist. Refineries on the East coast are importing oil from two sources: OPEC countries like Saudi Arabia and surprise the US. So does Canada enjoy a discount for the US oil? No, not at all, Canada pays world oil price which is around $77 per barrel, around $21 higher than the US pays for Canadian Crude.

As I stated earlier, from 2016 to 2020 Canada imported $81.1 worth of Oil mostly from the US, Saudi Arabia and Nigeria. Billions a year leaves Canada and goes to help support inherently corrupt regimes like Douche Bag Saudi Arabia. A country with an appalling human rights record, beheadings and crucifixions are still carried out for crimes like witchcraft, and a government under head Douche Bag, Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS), that is so embolden they ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by a Saudi hit team in Turkey. Really, can it get more ridiculous and infuriating? Canada has an energy industry and workers who are suffering financially and Canada spends billions to purchase oil from a Supreme Douche Bag, MBS.

These outside groups have successfully influenced the termination of several vital pipeline projects that would have benefited Canada economically and provide energy independence and national security. There has been the cancellation of the Keystone XL, a proposed East West pipeline and also the Northern Gateway pipeline. Currently, the only pipeline project going ahead to Tidewater is the TransMountain pipeline, which is proceeding but still facing challenges and protests.

So what does Canada do about it? Canada needs all levels of government: Federal, Provincial and Indigenous to start talking and develop a strategy that eliminates the outside influence and maximizes the benefits of Canadian energy for Canada. It means a level of political will that recognizes the need for pipelines right across Canada for both economic and national security. Canada imports nearly 44% of the oil it consumes on a daily basis from foreign sources, all of which goes to east coast refineries. Ask yourself what would the eastern provinces do if this supply were cutoff? I bet then they would be screaming for a pipeline to supply their refineries and PM Photo Op might actually realize time to learn how important energy is.

There is a lot more Canada has to do so it is not constantly taken advantage of by outside players like the US and Douche Bag Saudi Arabia. I am going to say it is time that Canada put itself first and quit being so F@#k’n polite to all the Douche Bags and others who meddle in its affairs.

Recently we had some service work done on our RV. A couple of years ago, my wife and I got absolutely drenched while camping in a tent. Wet dogs, wet clothes, wet bed, pissing rain and no toilet too boot. That was it and we found a nice, but older, Class A Motorhome with all the comforts and conveniences of a bed, kitchen, air conditioning and a toilet. For us it was like hitting the lottery and we love being out in nature especially when we are warm and dry.

Now with purchasing an older RV comes a lot of TLC, which really means say goodbye to lots of cash. There is an old saying, that if it Flies or Floats it’s better to rent than to buy. I think that saying applies to RV’s, because they too can be nauseating to ride in and RV’s absolutely suck the cash from ones wallet, just like a Boat or Plane. With rare exception do any of them ever appreciate in value most ending up in landfills and scrap yards. They truly personify the term, Money Pit.

What I didn’t expect was too be so blatantly taken advantage of because we have a Motorhome. We took, as we affectionately call her “The Beast”, into a new RV dealership to remove a toilet so I could replace the flooring in the bathroom. I watched a couple of YouTube videos on how to remove the toilet and all were laden with frustration and colorful metaphors by those attempting it. I take a look at this task and realized this job was definitely not for me. The toilet is not like you find in your home. This toilet is a nightmare designed by a true Sadist, who takes great pride in inflicting frustration and misery on others.

What has me so angry about this is the fact that this RV dealership never disclosed its tiered rate system in advance. As we found out, if you have a trailer, the shop charges a rate of $180 per hour but if you
have a motorhome the rate is $210 per hour. WTF? Nowhere were we told that and why it was such a shock is that other places we go to charge about $140 per hour at the most. So I asked the service
people if this toilet is any different in a trailer versus a motorhome? installation? functionality? No, it is the same in both. So why the rate difference based on the type of unit? Apparently, it is just a Head
Office policy. Really, well that is just BS. Did they base this policy on the notion that customers with motorhomes are the biggest morons in the RV universe? Maybe.

Further to this, I was charged separately to remove the old toilet and then to reinstall a new toilet. When I was charged separately I noted that I paid a shop fee in each case as well as an environmental
fee and handling fee. These additional and subjective fees were in addition to the outrageous shop time of $210 per hour. Again no one said anything to us, no signage on the walls, nothing.

The only time cost of anything was mentioned was when the Service Manager explained my old toilet could not be fixed and I needed a new one, which he said was between $100 and $200. Well, it was considerably more than a $100. After all the costs, fees and of course taxes, the Beast now has a $900 toilet in it. So yeah I am pissed and frustrated. Oh I won’t be going silently into the night about this, I will be going up the corporate food chain so to speak about this absolute and complete BS and will let you all know how that ends up in due course…..

Have a great weekend and be safe…………

Covid, Covid, Covid. We hear it at nauseam and are constantly being bombarded with numbers as to how we are doing, hospitalizations, icu patients, deaths. Yes it is very serious but it is not the only medical crisis this country is facing. We all seem to have forgotten about the Opioid crisis and the number of people who die from overdoses each year. Sadly to say, it is greater than Covid, but I suppose it is not so grabby of a headline.

By 2016, Portugal had reduced its overdose deaths to 26 in a population of over 10 million. Canada in 2018 had roughly 4,400 deaths in a population of 37 million. You might think reading this that maybe Portugal is so successful because they don’t have a drug problem like here. You would be wrong, in fact in the mid 1980’s nearly 1% of the population of Portugal was addicted to Heroin. Drug use was a huge problem and like us, Portugal to fight the war on drugs brought in harsher and harsher penalties for possession and use. In fact nearly half of all prisoners were in prison for drug offenses many for simple possession.

Like us Portugal spent billions on policing and incarceration but the problem was not going away, in fact it seemed to keep getting worse. So how did they turn the tide on drug addiction? They actually looked at the problem as not one of criminality but one of public health. Portugal got scientists, researchers, doctors, and other health care professionals to look at the problem and advise on a course of action. They did not rely on a bunch of bureaucratic political hacks to look at the problem and develop a plan based on the next election cycle. Portugal wanted a solution.

In 2001 Portugal became the first country to decriminalize possession of all illicit drugs. It was no longer a crime to have or use drugs but it was not legal, you just were not going to get criminally charged if you had drugs for personal use, typically no more than a 10 day supply.

Portugal’s approach is that if you are caught with any drugs, be it marijuana or heroin, you appear before a commission, which is made up of a social worker, psychiatrist and an attorney. They evaluate your use to determine if it is just recreational or an addiction. If it is recreational you might have to pay a fine for possession but if they deem you have an addiction, they offer treatment and programs. They cannot force treatment they merely offer it to those who are addicts.

By decriminalizing the drugs and referring to it now as a public health problem not one of criminality, people became more and more receptive to seeking help and subsequently Portugal has seen a drop in incarcerations, usage, policing and prison costs, as well as lower rates of property crime and of course fewer deaths.

Portugal brought in decriminalization in 2001 and there has been plenty of data that shows their success like only 26 deaths nation wide from drug overdoses in a year. So why am I so angry about this subject?

I am pissed that as usual our Canadian government and all our politicians have sat on their hands more concerned about the optics of policy than being practical and accept that the way we have been approaching this problem does not work. More policing and more incarcerations is not the way to deal with it. This is a public health problem and it should be noted that it is not just about reducing the number of deaths. This is also about reducing overdoses and the strain on our medical and first responders for being called upon over and over again daily to deal with overdoses. In BC in 2019 first responders attended nearly 25,000 overdose calls or an average of 66 per day with nearly 6 deaths per day. That is a lot of resources being devoted to a problem that is not getting any better.

In Canada of moneys spent on drug related problems, 70% was too law enforcement and police. In Portugal, only 10% of money spent on drug related problems goes to law enforcement, 90% goes to public health and rehabilitation programs.

So it is now 2021, twenty years since Portugal started what I would call a successful drug policy and BC Premier John Horgan is lobbying Ottawa to follow Portugal and decriminalize all drugs. However, that is only part of the success in Portugal and Decriminalization is only the first step. Dr. Joao Gaulo who pioneered the change in Portugal’s approach, has noted that through proper support and rehabilitation those who recover from their addictions tend to return as hardworking contributors to society. This means we need to have in place all the proper housing, physical and mental health programs to help people overcome their addictions. Right now it is a ‘hodge podge’ of government, private, and non-profits trying to provide services in a very uncoordinated system that needs to be fixed. It is a huge undertaking, but if we really want to fix the drug crisis in this country, we need to quit trying to break trail and learn from those who were brave enough to think outside the box and have developed a successful approach to battling this problem.

Right now Horgan’s Decriminalization plan is stuck at the Federal level where it has to get approval first. With PM Photo OP and with his focus on Covid, we might be years from this coming to fruition. To be honest, I don’t have any confidence that PM Photo OP can deal with Covid and chew gum at the same time, let alone deal with both Covid and the Opioid crisis.

Remember what Albert Einstein said, “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” Do we want to keep dealing with this problem for the next 20 years? Do we want to keep dumping billions of dollars fighting a drug war with no end in sight? Or do we want to get serious and get on the path to fix it?

Write your MP and MLA and get them to do something other than just suck up oxygen. I also encourage you to seek more information about Portugal’s approach to the problem and see for yourself their success.

Let’s see, human rights abuse, Hong Kong, Canadians Imprisoned unjustly, Violation of Intellectual property, just to name a few, but in this blog I will focus on Trade. Simply put, with regards to trade with
China, Canada is getting it royally up the Wazoo and politely asking for more! What the F#@! PM Photo Op?

I can no longer accept the premise that China is a Most Favored Nation (MFN) with regards to trade and that Canada should continue to allow imports from China to come in with no or little Tariffs. China was given MFN trading status back in 2001 as part of joining the World Trade Organization (WTO). The idea of a country having MFN trading status was so developing countries could further industrialize and enjoy increased trade and economic growth for its people.

It started out that way, but China’s economy and dominance grew at an almost exponential rate. MFN is for developing countries and I for one disagree with the idea that China is a developing country. For
example they now have the largest Navy in the world and a military that includes over 200 Nuclear weapons. In addition to this, China has a Space Agency that is planning this year to launch 21 space flights including exploratory missions to Mars and the Moon. So how the f@#$! is China, a developing country given all this?

Here are examples of China’s advantage over us with regards to tariffs. On musical instruments, most coming in from China have zero tariff. (Data Per World Integrated Trade Solution 2018 data and WTO). Instruments going to China from Canada have up to a 17.5% tariff applied. Most of us look at this and think, well how big is trade in musical instruments anyways?

How about autos and parts? There are virtually no Tariffs on parts coming from China into Canada, while parts and vehicles going the other way, Canada to China, have up to a 30% Tariff. Here is a few tariff’s on Canadian products: vehicles 25%, motorcycles 30%, clothing 20%, mechanical parts up to 30% and camera film is 408%.

China ships to Canada approximately $76 billion in mostly finished goods Tariff free per year while we send them roughly $25 billion in mostly raw resources. China has ensured through this MFN, that they only apply Tariff’s to manufactured imports from Canada not raw resources. Both Liberal and Conservative governments have ignored what is going on and continue to do so, but it all started when Canada normalized relations with China under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. In any event, this is ridiculous to give China such a deal!

China has used its status as a MFN to lure manufacturing from other countries like us and the United States. Now with so much of what we consume produced there, China has become a Trade Bully
towards Canada. China has no issue flexing its muscle to further its own political and economic goals, often violating the rules of the World Trade Organization(WTO) in the process, but when there are no consequences to them, why would they stop? The ridiculous trade deal favors the Chinese in practically every category. The only places in the agreement where Canada applies any significant tariff’s is with regards to poultry and dairy, the sacred cows of Agriculture, but don’t get me started now on supply side management and quotas, that is another blog.

When people wonder why manufacturing has left and gone to China, it is obvious, cheap labour ( slave labour at times using Uighur Muslims) and no Tariffs on imports to Canada. A total sweet heart deal for companies to move operations to China, enjoy the advantages of cheap labour and not have to worry about Tariff’s into Canada. In short, companies have profited while the rest of us have once again taken it up the Wazoo. With no Tariff’s on imports our domestic manufacturing sector is at a significant disadvantage due to much lower wage costs in China. As I said earlier, vehicles manufactured in China face no tariffs coming into Canada. Our Auto sector which employs 100’s of thousands now has to compete against cheaper products from China in our domestic market. Yet Chinese manufacturers face no such competition from our Auto sector due to Tariff’s of 25%. How is that evenly remotely fair? We
give China unfettered access to our consumer markets and they get to impose Tariff’s on Canadian Goods. How the F#$@! is that fair?

It is not fair, they are practicing protectionism on their markets while benefitting from easy access to our markets.

Want to be truly disgusted by our government’s kiss ass attitude towards China and trade? Up to 2017, the Canadian government and PM Photo Op, even tried to push a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with
China. Thank god someone could explain to our Government, how bad Australia’s and New Zealand’s experience with free trade with China turned out and Canada left the negotiations.

Years ago, Australia and New Zealand thought it would be good to sign a FTA with China but soon after they realized it was not a FTA with China. All Tariffs on Chinese goods into these countries were
immediately dropped. While there was a slow phase out of Tariff’s on Australian and New Zealand imports to China, some over the next 20 years. Countries thinking they were going to get access to
Chinese markets have found that is not the case at all. A report in 2019 from the Macdonald-Laurier institute said the following;

“Given the Chinese government’s command power over its economy, its persistent violations of World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, and underhanded actions against the interests of its existing Free Trade Agreement (FTA) partners, Canada should not rush headlong into FTA negotiations with China,” said primary author of the report, Duanjie Chen

Free trade with China is not really free trade as it only favours them. They have demonstrated time and again what Bullies and A!s@@#!s they truly are with respect to trade. Covid has shown that the Chinese are not transparent. In the case of protective equipment(PPE) we had become reliant on them for supply, leaving our medical system in near panic for PPE as we had lost most of our domestic manufacturing.

The situation with China has pissed me right off because of how lopsided it has become and how much our government has become a bunch of Pu@$@##!s with respect to China. Just briefly, Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Chinese Telecom Corp Hauwei, sits in a $13 Million dollar Mansion in Vancouver’s posh Shaughnessy neighborhood fighting a US extradition case, while two Canadians (Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor) rot in a Chinese prison. The two Michaels as they are known were arrested in retaliation for Meng’s detention in Vancouver on request of the US Justice Department.

Meng can shop, dine out, meet her lawyers and spend time with friends and family by the pool while the two Michaels get no access to the Canadian Consulate, Lawyers, friends, family, no one and they
certainly don’t have a pool. The Chinese recently had a trial for each and we have no idea what happened. What are we doing? Throw Meng’s skinny ass in Jail, claim she’s a flight risk and if the
Chinese don’t like it, tough sh#$t! This entire event demonstrates clearly the lengths of Bullying and abuse of human rights the Chinese will go to in furthering their interests and why we need to look at our entire relationship with them.

So what should we do about the lopsided trade deal we have with China? First thing our Federal government should do is to invoke equivalent Tariff’s on all China imports as they have inputted on
Canadian imports, from steel, cars, motorcycles, parts and even washing machines. If the Tariff on imports to China is 25% on vehicles, then it should be levied on imports from China. They truly are not a country that should have MFN status for trade as they really are no more a developing nation than we are.

I know some people will say, if we add Tariff’s things in this country will get more expensive. Yes that very well may occur, but I would think that would be only over the short term as some companies would then relocate operations to true developing countries and those countries would benefit in economic growth. After all, that is what I understand the concept of Most Favored Nation is for.

People need to realize, this is not the same China and Chinese Communist party of the 1960’s wearing Mao Suits and a reverence against capitalism. The members of the Chinese Communist Party today are pure Capitalists, wearing Armani suits and driving Bentleys. We need to start getting tough with them or they will own our ass on Trade and there will be little we can do.

We cannot do this alone however. While many don’t like former President Trump, he was bang on with China and how they are with trade. Where he failed was he should have put a coalition of countries and trading partners together. If they all invoked Tariffs then China would be forced to negotiate as the economic hit would be significant to them. What our policy makers decide to do, I have no idea but China is as much a developing country as I am Captain of the Enterprise.