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To: Brumar89 who wrote (10000)	6/25/2009 8:40:36 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) of 86356

Interesting. So if this proposal makes it more costly to buy energy to produce our goods, which will make our goods more expensive on world markets, then this proposal attempts to counteract that by imposing an equalizing tariff on imports to ensure our businesses don't lose their competitiveness. Not a bad idea, especially when you consider that most of our imports come from China, which has cheaper labor as well because they don't impose labor laws on their companies, like US companies do. On first blush, I like it. China is only competitive to us, because of the onerous laws our companies have to contend with to protect workers and make our products safe for consumption. China makes cheaper goods because their products are made with slave labor and can harm people. It's an equalizer. But it will also create a trade war. Now that is a war we should be waging with China. We've let them take our markets for too long. Time to make sure their companies live up to the same standards our companies live up to, if they want to sell their goods here. Just my first pass thoughts.

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