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To: teevee who wrote (12273)	12/1/2001 2:55:58 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

teevee... If a country is utilizing sweat shops, and/or cheap labor that undermines our businesses, it is in the direct interest of the US to force them take the steps necessary to create a middle class in their societies. The poor don't buy things from the US. Middle class and above purchase the technology that the US has to offer. If a country fails to take the steps necessary to increase economic diversity in their own nation, I see little reason to give them carte blanche to receive MFN trading status in order to dump their cheap goods on the US markets. As for energy, it's a business, but it's also a national security issue. Furthermore, the more energy we import, the greater the trade deficit (of which energy constitutes the greatest percentage). I don't mind purchasing energy from Canada or Mexico, but I'm highly against relying upon unstable authoritarian regimes like Saudi Arabia for our energy needs, especially when the USD we exchange for that energy winds up being utilized against us through financing of regimes like the Taliban. Hawk

To: teevee who wrote (12273)	12/1/2001 5:13:28 PM
From: marcos	Respond to of 281500

Far more US nationals benefit from open trade in lumber than benefit from protectionist measures designed to boost the land value appraisals of the timber barons ... many multiples more Good to see you fighting the good fight here, paisano ... i can't keep up, got less time and posts/day here seem to be on a steep growth curve ... some well-said ones out of frankw - #reply-16723379 ... all empires go through phases of arrogance, it comes with the territory one supposes, but you'd think that as the years pass we should as a species be improving with the experience