索罗斯本人是反自由经济的，他相信"控制"。还称支持自由经济的人为"市场基本教义派"。所以他是民主党的大金主。
If nothing else, Glenn Beck probably has his top story set for tonight’s show:
"There is a really remarkable, rapid shift
of power and influence from the United States to China," Mr. Soros
said, likening the U.S.’s decline to that of the U.K. after the Second
World War.
Because global economic power is shifting,
Mr. Soros said China needs to change its focus. "China has risen very
rapidly by looking out for its own interests," he said. "They have now
got to accept responsibility for world order and the interests of other
people as well."
Mr. Soros even went so far as to say that
at times China wields more power than the U.S. because of the political
gridlock in Washington. "Today China has not only a more vigorous economy, but actually a better functioning government than the United States,"
he said, a hard statement for him to make because he spent much of his
life donating to anti-communist groups in Eastern Europe.
Soros’s statement is similar to the frequent "China-for-a-day" musings of columnist Tom Friedman.
On a related subject, Kay King of the Council on Foreign Relations
has a new report out on the U.S. congress’s impact on national security.
King’s critiques of congressional procedure, in particular the
filibuster, won’t be news to anyone who’s read recent critiques
of congressional dysfunction, but she makes a compelling case that
because of limited public interest, congress is effectively abandoning
its oversight role on national security affairs. Issues like energy,
trade, and immigration are typically treated as purely domestic issues
by congress, while membership on foreign affairs committees appeal only
to members positioning themselves for higher office or those dependent
on ethnic or business special interests.
King writes:
When Congress fails to
perform, national security suffers thanks to ill-considered policies,
delayed or inadequate resources, and insufficient personnel. Without
congressional guidance, allies and adversaries alike devalue U.S.
policies because they lack the support of the American peopel that is
provided through their representatives in Congress.
King provides a number of ideas for reform which will hopefully be a
bit more palatable to U.S. sensibilities than taking cues on good
governance from Beijing.
