International trade agreements would probably prevent us from putting taxes on 
imports.

Bob Mowbray
Tropical Forest Ecologist


-------------- Original message from Kelly Stettner 
<[email protected]>: -------------- 


> Hmmm, Amartya...you bring up lots of good points again! 
>   Isn't Sony a Japanese corporation?  Maybe with US offices, but I thought 
> they (along with many technology firms) are Asian-based?  Couldn't the US 
> slap them with an import tax geared toward recycling fees?  Or do our 
> administrations look the other way because 1) we love the technology and 2) 
> we all "just need to get 
> along"? 
>   The financial incentive to recycle that you speak of could happen here, on 
> a 
> grassroots level rather than on a federal one.  :-) 
>   
> Cheers, 
> Kelly 
> 
> Black River Action Team (BRAT) 
> 45 Coolidge Road 
> Springfield, VT  05156 
> http://www.blackriveractionteam.org 

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