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To: craig crawford who wrote (21293)	3/13/2002 3:59:11 PM
From: frankw1900	Respond to of 281500

if tariffs lead to great depressions, how come we didn't suffer great depressions in the century leading up to world war one when much of that time we were far more protectionist than in the 20's? ???????!!!!!!!!! What the hell are you talking about? You are wasting our time. [Edit]

To: craig crawford who wrote (21293)	3/13/2002 6:35:35 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

>>if tariffs lead to great depressions, how come we didn't suffer great depressions in the century leading up to world war one when much of that time we were far more protectionist than in the 20's?<< Major US depressions include 1819, 1837, 1857, 1873-79, 1893-97 (possibly worse than the one in the 1930s, but good statistics are not available), 1907-08, 1920-21, 1929-33, and 1937-38. >>these are the pernicious effects of this utopian, neo-socialist, global movement towards free trade<< Free trade = socialism? Who knew?-g-