China, Obama, Geithner and IMF declare Trade War

Tim Geithner was confirmed as our U.S. Treasury Sec.

This is scary stuff !!

In his confirmation he said, not once, but twice, that "President Obama, backed by the conclusions of a broad range of economists, believes that China is manipulating its currency. President Obama has pledged as President to use aggressively all the diplomatic avenues open to him to seek change in China's currency practices."

If in his confirmation, he's making statements like that, you can expect that Obama will push for legislature to put tariffs on Chinese goods... Protectionism... This is ALL GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION!!!!!!! And believe me now and hear me later... he didn't just make up this response! This was given to him by Obama, and he made certain that everyone hear him, by repeating the answer!

Protectionism is to a currency, like kryptonite is to Superman... So... Not only is the Gov't on the path to spending even more than the previous administration spent, they look as though they will go down this protectionism path... Add to that, the recession and zero interest rates, and you've got the ingredients for a huge swat at the dollar... down she goes!

The IMF's Managing Director, Strauss-Kahn, was talking yesterday, and said, "I have said repeatedly that the renminbi is undervalued" He went on to add, "What we need is for the Chinese to change their policy and shift to more domestic-led growth than to focus on exports. Most Chinese officials are convinced that this is in their own interest."

So... The IMF believes the renminbi is undervalued, and that the Chinese should do something about it, and so does the Obama administration... And you say, "Trade wars"? I bet you can! And not a good time for them either! Not when the whole globe is suffering... Dolts, all of them, they can't see the Big Picture... !