The minimum wage in Shanghai province, China's highest, is $170 a month.

China is an economic disaster zone.

It's an authoritarian state.

We will need to starve our people down to a lower wage, lift environment regulations, and dismantle our democracy for a start ... And put even more pressure on labor, on the environment and on the political situation to follow.

Obama wants American workers to compete.

Compete!

Compete!

Compete!

The problem is:

We should be demanding that China compete with us, not the other way around.

Want to sell your products in the U.S.? Raise worker incomes, enact stricter environmental regulations and reform your political system first.