180. Even Japan's Bailing Out?

As we continue to destroy our economy with high debt and TRILLIONS of dollars more, thanks to the Health Care bill before us and more bailouts like the second $2-3Billion to GMAC, its no wonder other countries are losing confidence in America as the driver of world economy. As reported in this article, Japan, highly reliant on U.S. imports today and one of the largest Treasury holders has decided their economy cannot rely on the U.S. itself any more. Hatoyama said Japan "... would look to become less reliant on the U.S. economically and increase trade with its Asian neighbors, targeting a free trade zone in the region by 2020. Until now our connection with the U.S. has been very strong. Naturally this will continue to be the case in maintaining security. But in terms of economic growth, it is necessary to look closely at Asia as a new frontier..."