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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (42207)	11/29/2005 8:12:01 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

The claim that Canada subsidizes our lumber industry via low stumpage rates is ridiculous. Low stumpage rates are low stumpage rates and nothing more. Would you complain if I bought gas on the Canadian side of the border 10 cents cheaper to travel to Vegas that the Canadian government was subsidizing U.S. tourism. Not to mention the fact the U.S. Department of Commerce investigated and concluded no duty on Canadian lumber was justified.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (42207)	11/30/2005 1:48:32 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

"resource based economies aren't all that rare." Economies with little economic production other than resource extraction are almost universally the least free economies. It is the situation most conducive to corruption. One powerful leader can award resource allocations to cooperative parties. Wait; does that remind anyone else of a recent UN program?