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To: John Carragher who wrote (97550)	5/6/2003 7:09:04 PM
From: frankw1900	Read Replies (2) of 281500

This sort of stuff really annoys me. I see in one of the Canada papers about looking at holding back on natural gas coming into USA as it is getting quite high in Canada and the people will not want the law of supply and demand to raise their costs next winter NAFTA doesn't allow holdbacks. Can't do that. And that's not what the article said. What the guy said was, if Canadian operators don't want a consumer revolt, then consumers must be allowed to buy forward. What NAFTA means, and most folk don't seem to get it, is North American commodities sell at world price - no special oil price for Texans or Albertans. The only exceptions are those negotiated into the original agreement - they don't include oil and gas. They do include, for instance, exceptions for Canadian and (dare I say it) US dairy producers. They are allowed subsidies and protection to a fare thee well. (What was the name of that sleazoid senator who shafted Bush at the start of his term - Senator Milkcan Jeffers?) I just hope the French people do not have to suffer because of their stupid leaders... Of course they'll suffer!! If in no other way than through higher taxes to subsidize food producers whose exports to US will will be curtailed. Actually, the EU is so crooked probably all taxpayers in Europe - including the British - will feel the bite. The right way to get even with Chirac is follow the right policies. Isolate France diplomatically as much as possible, pursue UN reform vigorously, and remove US tariffs and subsidies, US economy will grow and France's continue to wither behind its protectionism and demography - already some gigantic proportion of EU budget is spent subsidizing French farmers - France is already becoming isolated in the EU. The best revenge is living well. Marcos needs to go cut some more lumber. Advice. Don't argue with Marcos about the lumber thing. He does know his stuff. Remember, the weaker part of a realtionship must pay a lot more attention to the nature of the relation than the stronger.

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