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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
Mon May 25, 2015, 11:16 PM May 2015

Chinese Own Waldorf Astoria. Has Made $46 Billion In Investments Last 5 Years.

Some American workers actually have Chinese employers. Welcome to the global economy. Your paycheck may be coming from another country. I wonder how many foreign companies are holding American home mortgages. We are in a new world.

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Chinese Own Waldorf Astoria. Has Made $46 Billion In Investments Last 5 Years. (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis May 2015 OP
Do American presidents still stay there? Renew Deal May 2015 #1
I thought the Chinese were commies.....n/t jaysunb May 2015 #2
They're capitalists pretending to be communists.. eloydude May 2015 #3
Actually they are socialists MaggieD May 2015 #7
25 years ago we were all freaked out about the Japanese buying up and owning this country.. A HERETIC I AM May 2015 #4
Our country has been in serious decline for that entire time. Romulox May 2015 #5
good for them JI7 May 2015 #6

A HERETIC I AM

(24,368 posts)
4. 25 years ago we were all freaked out about the Japanese buying up and owning this country..
Tue May 26, 2015, 12:07 AM
May 2015

And before that, the Arabs.



Romulox

(25,960 posts)
5. Our country has been in serious decline for that entire time.
Tue May 26, 2015, 12:48 AM
May 2015

That our weakness subjects us to different paymasters every few years doesn't prove (or disprove) anything. Regular people have seen their lives diminished over the timeframe you specify.

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