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To: Mind-numbed Robot
Woe is us!

Yep. Just look at all the taxpayer's money that's been wasted by the bureaucrats on this squabble.
Never should've signed NAFTA to begin with.
All it's done is give the Canadians something else to squawk about.
Much simpler to just slap a 10~15% flat-rate revenue on ALL imports, regardless whether or not they come from Canada, Mexico, China or wherever.
No muss, no fuss, no squawking.
Just revenue for the Treasury that could be used to help balance the budget and lower other forms of domestic taxation.

9 posted on 08/16/2005 12:38:31 PM PDT by Willie Green (Some people march to a different drummer - and some people polka)
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To: Willie Green
I have said before that I would support your tariff idea. My purpose here was to point out that we haven't lost any of our sovereignty to some international tribune that many claimed would be the case with NAFTA, CAFTA, GATT, WTO, etc.
11 posted on 08/16/2005 12:45:36 PM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
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To: Willie Green

Look, I don't like NAFTA either. But you have to keep your end of the agreements you sign. Else your word and signature are worth bull.


20 posted on 08/16/2005 1:09:28 PM PDT by Alexander Rubin (Octavius - You make my heart glad building thus, as if Rome is to be eternal.)
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To: Willie Green

"Much simpler to just slap a 10~15% flat-rate revenue on ALL imports, regardless whether or not they come from Canada, Mexico, China or wherever."

Are you willing to pay 15% more for your gas, oil, food, electricity and autos?


61 posted on 08/17/2005 10:02:34 AM PDT by Dr. Luv (QQ)
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