Selling out to China

It truly appears that our country is circling the drain. USA Today reports: “The government added $5.3 trillion to its financial obligations last year. This brings the total of unfunded obligations, the gap between spending commitments and revenue, to a record $61.6 trillion, or $534,000 per household.”

Interestingly, America provides massive financial aid to countries that we are borrowing money from, with interest. What kind of holes are our “representatives” digging us and our future generations?

At the same time, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s “Project 60” provides the Chinese government with up to 30,000 acres (about 50 square miles) of land near the Boise airport so the Chinese can create a “special economic zone” here in Idaho for domestic Chinese goods production and manufacturing – by imported Chinese workers, undoubtedly lining a few high-level pockets in the meantime.

We have sold our souls, futures and country to the highest bidder for too long. Others have financially gained while we go into debt, and Mr. Otter thinks that providing the Chinese government American soil will ultimately benefit us? Is it time to learn Mandarin? America is being run by sellouts, with short-term goals and no long-term vision.

Mark Elliott

Post Falls