In his article in the Chicago Tribune, China pays the price for dirty air, losing 3% of GDP, David Pierson reports on the environmental disaster that is China.

Flights cancelled and highways closed due to impenetrable smog. Factories ordered shut, residents urged to remain indoors and hospitals flooded with respiratory cases. Not a particularly good “environment” for manufacturing consistency.

Pierson introduces us to Zhang Jian, 35, whose 2-year-old son is plagued by chronic sinus infections; caused, according to Zhang, by the pollution. Zhang is saving up for a top-of-the-line air purifier, but as long as the family lives in China, he feels mostly powerless to ensure his son’s health. “Our lives don’t really improve unless we leave the country,” he said.

Zhang may find it difficult to leave, however, America’s purchasers of foreign made goods should find it much easier. This is the why and how of re-vitalizing America’s economic base. The idea of Restart America is to bring focus and force to what is occurring naturally.

Let’s pick up the pace!