[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> The people of the USA need to decide exactly how much government they >> need/want, and raise the amount of money needed to finance that level of >> government, and stop the insane marry-go-round of ever increasing debt >> due to a government that insist on living beyond her means. >> > > This is because the libs don't have the courage to tell the people how much > the 'free' stuff is costing them. If we really had to pay as we go, do you > think the big pork barrel advocates would remain in office for long? >
"The libs"??? I believe it was the Bush Administration that sold us the war free of charge by putting it on our credit card. LOL > One more thing... > > >> A tariff is a tax that is paid by the foreign country to allow their goods >> and service into the USA for sale. >> > > I prefer to think of it as a fee they pay for access to our market. At that > point, taxation without representation becomes moot. Think of it this way... > do the Chicoms have any inherent right to drop their underpriced, slave labor > produced products on our market? I would say NO, that they are fortunate to > have access to this market of people who can actually afford their products. > In the global economy of today, where demand for good and services seem to exceeding supply, the foreign suppliers would simply sell there products to countries that agreed to pay their pice, rather than messing around with a tariff. If a tariff had to be paid for whatever reason, the suppliers would likely markup the price of their goods and services to cover the tariff, thus passing the tariff on to the American consumer who would ultimately be stuck with paying the tax. Regards, LelandJ > -- > Larry Miller > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/mixed > text/plain (text body -- kept) > message/rfc822 > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
