Actually, concrete product are mostly locally made as the shipping costs are very high and importation is not likely. Best change this one rather than count on imports. Marion Moon
------ Original Message ------ Received: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 06:13:54 AM PST From: "Euric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [USMA:31488] Re: Greenspan (but not Congress!) may help America metricate Scott Weber, NCMA Chairman and president of Basalite Concrete Products in Dixon, CA, said "Congress' action will do more than protect American concrete masonry manufacturers. Actually untrue! Metric masonry products can then be purchased from foreign sources. But this assumes that their will be a demand for metric masonry products, which I doubt there will be unless there are a lot more people out there who think like us. American companies will not be able to export their products and thus can actually lose money. They are gambling on the premise that the domestic market is sufficient for their needs. But with interest rates destined to rise there is going to be a slump in construction. Without the ability to export their products they will find themselves hurting really badly. It will also forestall huge, unnecessary costs for construction that would certainly be passed on to taxpayers. That's something we don't need as the country struggles with a rising federal deficit." It would only delay the inevitable. The so-called costs are one time and would create a product that can be exported. The only way to end the deficits is to sell more products then you buy and to do that you have to sell products that are marketable in the rest of the world. Some people just like digging their own graves. Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Darfus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2004-11-20 00:51 Subject: [USMA:31486] Re: Greenspan (but not Congress!) may help America metricate > One might hope, but from the news that came out Friday it seems the powers > that be can't see beyond profits to be made in the near term by cutting > "huge unnecessary costs..." > > http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041119/dcf012_1.html > > > On Nov 19, 2004, at 22:08, Euric wrote: > >> Well anyway, when the dollar crashes (and it will, it is only a matter of >> time), can we hope that a bankrupt nation will wake up and realise that >> only through metrication can this nation prosper again? > >
