-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of Dennis Redmond
China is one of the key funders of the US current account deficit, now an astonishing $713 billion per annum -- see the FMC's report at http://www.fmcenter.org/atf/cf/%7BDFBB2772-F5C5-4DFE-B310-D82A61944339%7D/fl owsbrief120904.PDF
-- and still climbing. So what does the oiligarchy do? Piss off its leading creditor:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/24/ibm_lenovo_probe/
-- DRR
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This may be simple case of the Repugs. attempting to grab some 'campaign contributions' from IBM; good old fashioned rent extraction greasing the wheels of commerce.