Now, it would be more than prudent for that country to reduce its foreign investment to countries like the U.S. and reallocate its assets to internal improvements like expanding its highway system, water, electricity, health care and old age benefits.

China has an influence on U. S. government policy. By reducing its U. S. investments, the Chinese government would be forcing the U.S. to live within its own means and not rely on borrowed money from other countries like China to sustain its superficially high living standards, i.e. by living on other people's money.

I look at it as a win-win situation. The U.S. would have to grab itself by its bootstraps and force itself to live less extravagantly while China would be able to raise its own living standards, which is currently low, and help its own people enjoy a better life.

China has some control over the U.S. because of its investments in the U.S. and the unbalanced trade that existed between the two countries. One of the shortcomings of the Bush administration was not to address this problem earlier. Now it is a huge problem and the problem is in the hands of the Obama administration.

Like any problem, first, you must know a problem exists. Next, you must address it. The Obama administration is confronting the problem and meeting it head on. I believe it will mitigate the trade imbalance and attending U.S. deficit to China.

It does not take a rocket scientist to see the problem. It amazes me that the people at the highest level of government wear blinders and go on their merry old way, not seeing the problem, until disaster strikes.