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[nathanm]

Let me see if I get this. . .According to your statement, the private sector worse than the government, and we're turning into China (a communist country with an economy run by the government), and US GUYS (I assume you are talking about us "free marketers") are asking for more communist Chinese style economy?

You've got me so confused now.  Are we evil capitalists or evil communists?  Are you proposing we do away with corporate America?  Is mock-capitalism the goal? 

Your conclusions bear little relation to what I wrote. Governance and accountability are basically nonexistent in both Chinese government and Chinese enterprise (yes, virginia, there are notionally private companies in china..lots of them). That is where we are headed. Ignore reality at your own peril.

Look, I get that the businesses you deal with are on the up and up. I see the same thing. Most small businesses are standing on their own two feet, and thus, numerically most companies are. They are the ones being hobbled by the special favors, subsidies, and both explicit and implicit government guarantees that the big guys get. The problem is that the big companies make up most of our economy and employ most of the people who are employed. Your experience (and my experience) are with small companies. Luckily, we can read and be informed about how our experience tells us little to nothing about how the other half operates.