We created monster

China is a monster we helped to create and one of the most despicable countries in the world for illegal wildlife trade: developing raccoon dogs to be killed for fur, consuming every living thing on Earth that can be rumored to have sex benefits, converting the world tropical forest to palm oil production and other horrific actions. We supported and help develop this monster by giving them our technology, trade secrets (what was not stolen), industry, and manufacturing, adding to our trade deficit, depriving American workers of jobs, letting them buy up and control America.

We sold them our natural resources and benefited China in many ways that helped sink the U.S. into our dependency and decline of our economy and security. Much of this was to deny paying U.S. workers fair wages and generate a greater profit for stockholders and increase salaries and bonuses for company executives.

Now our entire country and economy are vulnerable and dependent on China and their products under their control. The issue is more complex than this, but we screwed ourselves in the process, and we continue to do so.

JERRY DAVIS

Hot Springs