This thread is for any business matter that may be affecting politics... (or vice versa) I've always been fascinated about the relationship between the two. Often enough the topics stand on their own... But more often, these days with a dynamic international matrixed environment...they blur Affecting each other. We can discuss the consequences of some maneuvers here. Dive into dealings and how they affect us. Enjoy
To kick off.... China Has Rare Earths Plan Ready to Go If Trade War Deepens Rare Earths have been an interest of mine for awhile...including from investment potential. Problem is China has a virtual monopoly on them. Rare earths are those elements and materials that are often used in our tech hardware. VERY valuable. Yet, because of the environmental impact, many nations don't leverage the mining and processing it fully. Including the US. Hard to get regulation...hard to get a successful business going and keep going. So what do we do here?? Stocks often are penny stocks. Despite the potential. China doesn't give a flying fuck about the environ...so they fully leverage it and have become the dominate force with it...bringing in oodles of cash. Even to the point of buying up and controlling tons of area in Africa to gain access and material there. Where do we go from here?? Should we invest? Should we build on it?? so China doesn't have a strangle-hold on valuable tech components...
Good idea for a thread. I very much share your concern about rare earths. China's disregard for environmental concerns, and the health/safety of rare earth miners, is appalling.
True, that's their leverage. So why can't the US or other industrial nation's mine it in a safe regulated fashion?? (it's not like we don't mine...) Or...are there alternative methods or elements to use? Something to appropriately mine and stop the monopoly and profit without over-doing it.
The World Needs Shock Therapy Hmm...I don't know. I don't get the sense of danger and panic that I saw before the last big recession. Now, some idea may be good to implement anyway. But I doubt you're going to get our cowardly politicians to enact any big play Especially in the US and with the current batch of "old-school" mindsets. (nothing new under the sun with this group...)
Spies fear a consulting firm helped hobble U.S. intelligence There are companies like McKinsey everywhere And they've been around forever, Quiet, subtle...but influential and they specialize in taking on the "gray" projects or "dark" environments Slowly finding themselves involved with questionable or controversial items. Titan, Blackwater, etc... As they say, follow the money And the stink Now you know where our tax dollars go... Cause it's not to us. It's not a conspiracy...but it is too all the same. The powers behind the thrones
