Can I get an AMEN??!!!
Cheers!!
Jim
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 2:05 PM, David Lieb <72spridget at gmail.com> wrote:
> The USA has historically been afraid of imposing tariffs for fear the
> other country will reciprocate. Since our balance of trade is so far
> out of balance already and our exports do not begin to compare with
> our imports, especially from China, I think that this fear is rather
> out-of-date. Kinda like giving them favored nation trade status in
> hopes that they will fix the stuff that should have been a pre-qual
> for getting the status in the first place. What a joke!
>
> OTOH, if we slap tariffs on Chinese imports, they are likely to
> restrict our access to rare-earth elements, etc that we DO need. As
> long as their currency has no official conversion rate to anyone
> else's, there is a problem.
>
> Personally, it is long past time to start using tariffs to protect
> what industry we have left. In the event of a real war, how would we
> survive? No industry means no way to protect yourself. Yeah, we have
> made ourselves into a bit of a joke with politicians that cannot see
> past re-election.
> David L
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Cheers!!
Jim
Then there was the mind reader who moved to Washington, D.C. and couldn't
find work.
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