Michael Scott: China has been loaning us billions upon billions of dollars. We are going to be owing them for the rest of our lives. And they will control us.
Oscar: Actually, we're in a mild recession right now. I'll give you that. But people use China as the boogie man for all their problems. In the nineteen eighties, it was Japan.
Michael Scott: How then do you explain that in the past year manufacturing in China has risen by 17% and in the US it has only risen by 8%?
Oscar: Do you really think that manufacturing is a relevant indicator of where the world economy's heading in 2011? Do you know the comparative expansion of say the information sector? I'd say that's far more relevant. Wouldn't you?
Michael Scott: Don't... I... [Michael shakes his sleeve and a number of cards fall out. Ryan facepalms.]