Hoover's Smoot Hawley re-debut
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US Chamber of Commerce? Those are the guys who keep trying to get as many illegals into the workforce as possible. Whatever they're for, I'm against. Why the hell should American taxpayer dollars be spent on Canadian steel when our own steel industry is laying off workers?
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.
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US Chamber of Commerce? Those are the guys who keep trying to get as many illegals into the workforce as possible. Whatever they're for, I'm against. Why the hell should American taxpayer dollars be spent on Canadian steel when our own steel industry is laying off workers?
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.
Oakman wrote:
Why the hell should American taxpayer dollars be spent on Canadian steel when our own steel industry is laying off workers?
NAFTA - free trade is free trade within the free trade zone. It is our obligation to honor the agreement. Chinese steel is an entirely different matter.
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US Chamber of Commerce? Those are the guys who keep trying to get as many illegals into the workforce as possible. Whatever they're for, I'm against. Why the hell should American taxpayer dollars be spent on Canadian steel when our own steel industry is laying off workers?
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.
I have been reading that Smoot Hawley caused a trade war that deepened the depression of the 30's. U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown recently called protectionism the "road to ruin"[^] I suspect you disagree with Gordon Brown? Perhaps the president is even more focused, in that only, American union shops will get any work.
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modified on Sunday, February 1, 2009 11:21 PM
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I have been reading that Smoot Hawley caused a trade war that deepened the depression of the 30's. U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown recently called protectionism the "road to ruin"[^] I suspect you disagree with Gordon Brown? Perhaps the president is even more focused, in that only, American union shops will get any work.
MrPlankton
Mexican boy: Viene la tormenta! Sarah Connor: What did he just say? Gas Station Attendant: He said there's a storm coming Sarah Connor: [sighs] I know.
modified on Sunday, February 1, 2009 11:21 PM
MrPlankton wrote:
I suspect you disagree with Gordon Brown?
Who doesn't?
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I have been reading that Smoot Hawley caused a trade war that deepened the depression of the 30's. U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown recently called protectionism the "road to ruin"[^] I suspect you disagree with Gordon Brown? Perhaps the president is even more focused, in that only, American union shops will get any work.
MrPlankton
Mexican boy: Viene la tormenta! Sarah Connor: What did he just say? Gas Station Attendant: He said there's a storm coming Sarah Connor: [sighs] I know.
modified on Sunday, February 1, 2009 11:21 PM
MrPlankton wrote:
I suspect you disagree with Gordon Brown?
If I take the word of every Brit here: he's an idiot, who am I to go against the received wisdom of such an august body of my peers? As to the argument that this is protectionism, only assholes like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce which lives in the hip pockets of the multinationals and probably owes as much allegiance to Hong Kong as it does to the U.S., would claim that a governmental spending bill directing that its proceeds only go the U.S. citizens is the same as raising tarriffs. There are good and sufficient reasons for any money raised from the citizens of this country be spent on companies that employ the citizens of this company and that pay taxes themselves. If Walmart, which won't receive any funding afaik, wishes to continue to buy cheap goods from slave labor countries, then they should be allowed to do so without hindrance. If the Feds want to build a new highway or fix the potholes in the ones already around, they damn well should hire Americans to do it (not illegal aliens, regardless of what the Chamber thinks) and they damn well should buy the raw materials from American suppliers. The concept of taxing U.S. Steel Corp to buy steel from China is revolting.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.