Are we slowly becoming Great Britain? Options

[Hartmann]

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Is...id=oid%3A494048

My girlfriend sent me this link after I told her about a conversation I had with a co-worker. We were talking about China and the slow takeover they are making. We are in debt to them and they aren't willing to call our bill because they like the money that is coming in and are using it to build cities.

It's like they are ignored problem. They have nukes, they are losing natural resources, they've bought up most of Africa and Australia for their natural resources and pretty soon something is going to snap and Japan will become China's Puerto Rico.

[impala454]

no I don't see a problem with it. yes we are pretty much the biggest consumer country on the planet, but we also have the highest GDP by far. when you make the most you can spend the most.

don't quote me on this but I think a lot of the exports are stuff like steel

from wiki: (our total exports)

agricultural products (soybeans, fruit, corn) 9.2%
industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%
capital goods (transistors, aircraft, motor vehicle parts, computers, telecommunications equipment) 49.0%
consumer goods (automobiles, medicines) 15.0%