Can Governments make economies grow?

[TOM4CWB]

China Pigs Addicted to Foreign Feed as Crop Imports Surge: Chart
Alan Bjerga
January 6, 2016 — 12:26 PM MST

China, the world’s largest pork-consuming country, has largely abandoned a goal of self-sufficiency when it comes to feeding the pigs, cattle and poultry needed to satisfy growing domestic demand for meat.

Last year, China’s negative trade balance in feed-related commodities for livestock rose to a record 88.4 million metric tons, according to United Nations data. Imports and exports were mostly balanced until a decade ago, when economic growth and demand for protein surged. China alone will account for 64 percent of the world’s soybean imports in the year that began in September, U.S. Department of Agriculture data show.
“China can do anything it sets its mind to, but it can’t do everything,” said Gary Blumenthal, chief executive officer of World Perspectives Inc., a global agriculture consultant in Washington. “It doesn’t have the arable land to produce everything it needs, so feed is an area where they’ve accepted dependence on imports.”

China is also short of water... also a bigger problem.

[MBgrower]

Govts only get in the way. When they claim they will grow the economy what they are really saying is that they will try get in the way less. Greg selinger truly believes he is responsible for any signs of econokic growth in mb. What a fool.

[LEP]

If governments created growth that would be like the perpetual motion machine.

But they havent figured that out yet.

[LEP]

If governments created growth that would be like the perpetual motion machine.

But they havent figured that out yet.

[biglentil]

Its taking larger and larger doses to keep the patient alive. Pucker up the next treatment may sting some the 'bail in'.

[burnt]

A relevant article from the Financial Post shortly after PM Kardashian was elected.

Their view? Running deficits stimulates economic decline. Surprise!

[URL="http://http://business.financialpost.com/fp-comment/justin-trudeaus-ill-advised-deficit-promises"]http://http://business.financialpost.com/fp-comment/justin-trudeaus-ill-advised-deficit-promises[/URL]

[cottonpicken]

If it worked we would all be speaking Russian.

[Hamloc]

For the first time in history the collective provincial debt has surpassed the debt of the federal government. All political leaders in Canada with exception of Brad Wall are talking higher taxes, greater deficit financing and more restrictive legislation all recipes for slow economic growth. Look at Europe with the exception of Germany, many countries with high taxes and slow growth. Funny how Canadian governments and Canadians themselves think the same policies will yield different results.

[burnt]

Potheads need pot to feel good. Crackheads need crack to feel good. Alcoholics need booze to feel good.
Governments feel good when running deficits.

Difference is that it is our money that pays not only for their habit but for their entire lifestyle.

[Hamloc]

Mustard, the majority of this subsidy is made up of uncollected taxes such as carbon taxes and is really a theoretical number not an actual monetary subsidy to the production of oil. It is a number that enviro's love to throw around to justify the real money governments will have to come up with to make other forms of energy cost competitive. I am not against low carbon energy production, I simply believe the technology isn't as affordable, again this has been proven in Ontario as an example.

[Hamloc]

Whoops to funny posted that on the wrong thread lol.

[LEP]

If governments created growth that would be like the perpetual motion machine.

But they havent figured that out yet.