China tells America to knock it off with the infighting

[Hijiri Byakuren]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/econ ... iling.html

China has critcised the "pitiful" and self-inflicted political deadlock in America over raising the country's borrowing limit, as premier Li Keqiang added his voice to concerns that the world's biggest economy could default on its debt.
Mr Li told John Kerry, US secretary of state, that China was paying "great attention" to the issue of raising America's $16.7 trillion (£10.5 trillion) debt ceiling.

China is the largest foreign owner of US debt, holding more than $1.277 trillion in Treasury bills.
Mr Li's remarks, published by the state-owned Xinhua News Agency, follow comments by vice finance Minister Zhu Guangyao on Monday that "the clock is ticking" and any US default would have global repercussions.
A spokesman for the US government said Mr Kerry had made clear to Mr Li that President Barack Obama was "committed to resolving the issue."

Meanwhile, China Daily wrote in an editorial that the US should "stop manufacturing crises" and work towards striking a deal in Congress.
"Five years after the start of the global financial meltdown triggered by the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, it is pitiful that the US is now putting the fragile global recovery under renewed threat with its mind-boggling political infighting," the editorial said.

The paper, which is run by the Chinese government, added: "The astonishing failure of the US Congress to put national needs before their partisan interests has sparked fears among investors and governments around the world that maybe it is time to think about the unthinkable."
"US politicians can discuss, bicker and argue over government spending and economic growth. Kicking cans is one thing, but throwing caution to the wind is not a course of action worthy of the world's leading economy."

...what planet are we living on where China is the one telling America to quit fucking around?

[GrinningYMIR]

[AllPurposeAtheist]

The bad part is if we fire professional politicians we get amateurs..Oh wait.. We did that..

[Colanth]

Maybe we should just appoint congresspeople at random from the welfare rolls.  At least those people know the meaning of a dollar.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

Three simple words: Vote for me. :shock:
I know the value of a dollar. I have 4 of em right now! :)

[mykcob4]

I watch a C-Span show and a republican caller said That all the name calling by the Demos wasn't helpful. Can you imagine that, the Dems doing the name calling. All I hear out of The Speaker and Vitter, Rand, Cruz, is a bunch of name calling.Geesh!!!!
Then the caller said that he hopes the nation defaults, that he heard on FOX that not a damn thing would happen.
Republicans are the most ignorant misinformed people in this nation. If they think nothing would happen if the nation defaulted......What in the world do they think default actually means. They obviously don't live in the real world!

[Jmpty]

This shit would not happen in China

[AllPurposeAtheist]

Maybe it's because they're pain proof.. Yeah, that's the ticket and the rest of us poor slobs deserve the pain.. Nahh..

[AllPurposeAtheist]

This shit would not happen in China

That's right.. All opposition would be jailed.

[Shiranu]

This shit would not happen in China

That's right.. All opposition would be jailed.

At this point that doesn't seem like a significantly worse alternative.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

This shit would not happen in China

That's right.. All opposition would be jailed.

At this point that doesn't seem like a significantly worse alternative.

I probably wouldn't shed to many tears to see the tea party congress brought up on treason and sedition, but I don't see it happening.

[Solitary]

Congress is waiting for their prayers to be answered with a miracle that gets rid of all the minorities, illegals, atheists, communists, liberals, welfare recipients, taxes, poor people, people that can't work, socialists, intellectuals, secularists, humanists, and homosexuals, just like Hitler did. :shock:   :roll:    Solitary

[Eugeny Anatolievich]

1998 Russia was defaulted. It's not scary.

[Jason78]

Maybe we should just appoint congresspeople at random from the welfare rolls.  At least those people know the meaning of a dollar.

Politics should be a service to your country.  Not a gravy train.

Ancient Greeks had the right idea.  Government was populated by drawing lots from the people that were allowed a vote.

[SilentFutility]

This shit would not happen in China

That's right.. All opposition would be jailed.

Whereas in America you are only given the choice between two mainstream parties and voting for anyone else isn't really a viable option.