[lotsofpulp]

China has a fifth of the world's population, they would not be affected by sanctions and tariffs. The power balance is shifting in their favor, and they know they can't be replaced by any other 3rd world country with cheap labor, there is tremendous value from the network effects Chinese production facilities have. The USA effectively has a competitor now, and US politicians can talk all they want, but the fact that they have done nothing so far shows that they can do nothing at all.

[Taniwha]

Yup, and the USA is sitting on its hands rather than actually competing, China is eating it's lunch. Believing in your own superiority doesn't make it so, you actually have to get off your arse.

It would probably help if the US had kept it's once excellent education system, instead the anti-tax know nothings have refused to invest in their future.

Really it's time to tax the rich the way they did in the 50s and make all that infrastructure stuff work again.

Want to make America great again? get Trump and his rentier class to pay their taxes, in the US and fund a smarter next generation

[netsharc]

It's incredible, the Chinese are making windmills and solar panels, exporting them, meanwhile in the USA it's "Coal jerbs!".

[niij]

Yes, China is a bastion of green energy. /s

[someguydave]

I seriously doubt the claim that increasing funding for the US government would lead to making the US economy more competitive with China. Government spending on education has been increasing continually in the US with very little to show for it in the way of results http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/02/09/considerations-on-cost-...

[Taniwha]

I'm suggesting that the only real way to "make America Great Again" is to make "American Schools Great Again" - sadly politicians love slogans, but wont spend money on things that wont deliver results a decade or two down the track.

Much like most American companies not looking past the next quarter's results, Americas politicians (an d voters) wont look past the next election

[lostlogin]

Is the suggested funding increase for the American government or for Americans? There are plenty of things that could be done for Americans that would help the economy.