On Friday, Aug 29, 2003, at 22:22 US/Central, Paul Double wrote:
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Shouldn't containers into the U.S. be subject to a security checks as
detailed as your airline flight check in? Shouldn't the shipper pay for
it just as we do as passengers? Wouldn't the effect be immediate and
what would be the downside if it simply duplicated the security we
currently get from our domestic manufacturers? What would a $2000
inspection fee per container do for U.S. manufacturing?
Paul Double [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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That sounds like an striking resemblance to a tariff and the same protectionism previously observed in the steel industry. Artificial forces that others believe will trigger a given reaction generally do not. These forces generally prompt the exploitation of loopholes, instead.
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David Dittmann
Did anyone at the crooked 'E' ever ask, " 'Why' is the 'E' in 'Enron' crooked?"
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