. >> host: sonya in rushford, minnesota. you're on with clyde prestowitz. >> caller: hello. this is interesting to me because my mom and dad and i'm 80 years old and already said in the 60s and 70s that china would ownth us someday. through my years of having to shop and everything we went from quality products to not quality and we have filled our landfills with junk. you have bought cheap but it didn't last.t. this whole talk reminds me that the communists are taking over our country, not china and parts of china is taking over our country. >> host: clyde prestowitz, let me add onto that comment from another viewer. rebecca treats this, she says the u.s. politics don't hesitate to bash china but business people don'tto hesitate is to me business to china as well as trade with them. >> guest: yeah, that's very good and interesting point. one thing that is not recognized typically in the public discussion of this is the role of american multinational corporations. the multinational corporations, many of them, a good example is the general electric. this is amazing. the chair

host: next up is rushford, minnesota. caller: hello. this is interesting to me. my mom and dad, i am 80 years old and already said in the 60's and 70's that china was going to own us someday. then through my years of having to shop and everything we went from quality products to not quality. we filled our landfills with junk. you bought cheap, but you did not, it did not last. this whole talk reminds me that the communists are taking over our country, not china. part of china has taken over our country. host: a comment from another viewer who tweets this who says that u.s. politicians don't hesitate to back china but business people don't hesitate to move business to china as well as trade with them. clyde: that's a very good and interesting point. one thing that is not recognized typically in the public discussion of this is the role of americans -- american multinational corporations. the multinational corporations, many of them, a good example is general electric, they moved, this is amazing. the chairman of general electric , he was also, in 2011 and 2012 was

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host: next up is rushford, minnesota. caller: hello. this is interesting to me.and dad, i am 80 years old and already said in the 60's and 70's that china was going to own us someday. then through my years of having to shop and everything we went from quality products to not quality. we filled our landfills with junk. you bought cheap, but you did not, it did not last. this whole talk reminds me that the communists are taking over our country, not china. part of china has taken over our country. host: a comment from another viewer who tweets this who says that u.s. politicians don't hesitate to back china but business people don't hesitate to move business to china as well as trade with them. clyde: that's a very good and interesting point. one thing that is not recognized typically in the public discussion of this is the role of americans -- american multinational corporations. the multinational corporations, many of them, a good example is general electric, they moved, this is amazing. the chairman of general electric , he was also, in 2011 and 2012 was the cha