19 Jan '17 23:20>
You're supposed to spend money on your own people
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/01/19/chinese-billionaire-says-us-wasted-trillions-wars-and-wall-street
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/01/19/chinese-billionaire-says-us-wasted-trillions-wars-and-wall-street
"It's not that other countries steal jobs from you guys," Ma said. "It's your strategy. You did not distribute the money and things in a proper way."
He said the U.S. has wasted over $14 trillion in fighting wars over the past 30 years rather than investing in infrastructure at home.
Ma said that when Thomas Friedman published the 2005 pro-globalization tribute The World is Flat, taking advantage of the world economy seemed like "a perfect strategy" for the U.S.
"We just want the technology, and the IP, and the brand, and we'll leave the other jobs" to other countries like Mexico and China, he said, according to Business Insider. "American international companies made millions and millions of dollars from globalization."
"The past 30 years, IBM, Cisco, Microsoft, they've made tens of millions—the profits they've made are much more than the four Chinese banks put together," he continued. "But where did the money go?"
"The money goes to Wall Street. Then what happened? Year 2008 wiped out $19.2 trillion in U.S. income," he said. What's more, he added, "In the past 30 years, America had 13 wars spending $14.2 trillion...no matter how good your strategy is you're supposed to spend money on your own people."
"What if the money was spent on the Midwest of the United States?" he asked. "What if they had spent part of that money on building up their infrastructure, helping white-collar and blue-collar workers? You're supposed to spend money on your own people."
While he did emphasize that globalization is a good thing, according to CNBC, Ma reportedly noted that it "'should be inclusive,' with the spoils not just going to the wealthy few."