China and Russia: A conversation overheard

A week ago a co-worker and I made an appointment to meet with a local business man and entrepreneur to discuss the patenting process. The reason we decide to meet with him was that he has over 40 patents registered with the Trademark and Patent office and his company spends over 6 million dollars a year on research and development so obviously he is an authority on the subject of patenting.

After walking into the lobby of his office, which was surrounded with portraits of great inventors such as Marchoni, Einstien, Oppenhiemer, etc., we were given a security pass and asked if we would like anything to drink. After a few moments of looking around the lobby we were escorted back to a humble office and invited to sit on a couch while Mr. S. finish a phone conversation.

Mr. S. profession is centered around mining, primarily coal. With the technology he has invented he spends a good amount of time dealing with the governments and businesses of China and Russia.

In his phone conversation he was explaining that because of China's willingness to mine and use coal as an energy source that they will continue to out produce us. That their middle class and therefore their economy will continue to grow and that the United States will not be able to compete. He said that what make s a nation prosperous is the manufacturing and exporting of goods and technology. It was what made the United States achieve and maintain its dominance as a world power after World War II and is now making China a economic and world power. This year alone Mr. S. said that China is constructing ten new coal burning energy plants. He also made the statement that what would happen to the world economy if China decides to raise the price on its manufactured goods. What happens if China starts charging for products what American manufactures have to charge for theirs. He said for America to regain is dominance as a economic world power we need to encourage companies to to manufacture its good here in the United States with less government regulation and interference and develop cheap energy (coal) to sustain this growth in production.

He also said that the current administration is slowly putting a noose around the neck of our economic system, with purposed legislation such as card check, cap and trade and other policies that discourage the growth of our manufacturing sector.

He also said that he had read some of Karl Marx's works during college and had begun to listen to some of them again on tape while he travelled. He said that he was shock how similar Pres. Obama's campaign messages were to the words and philosophies of Karl Marx.

It was extremely interesting to hear someone who isn't a politician or talk show host who is actually a person who is in the trenches make these observations.

His phone conversation lasted about ten minutes. But it was a pleasure to be allowed to eavesdrop on it.