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To: kech who wrote (159207)	2/27/2006 7:49:03 AM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794009

What a blessing for the world and NZ that American interests are so closely aligned with justice and peace.

To: kech who wrote (159207)	2/27/2006 9:28:17 AM
From: John Carragher	Respond to of 794009

let's not forget that when canada wanted to help out in afgan nato troops their planes couldn't make it so usa even had to provide transportation to canada military. no idea when canada upgraded its military equipment. those men and woman have obsolete and dangerous equipment to work with while most of the money goes to social programs much like eu. i also believe in ww2 only Canadian volunteers went over seas.

To: kech who wrote (159207)	2/27/2006 7:34:18 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794009

Kech, whether it's free-riding or not is a reasonable debate. I pay a lot of taxes in the USA, without representation [aka a vote]. Taxation without representation is an evil-doer's game, as the USA Founding Fathers said in their declaration of independence. I expect my money to be used for something useful, such as defence of me and my interests which includes my USA investments. So, I'm already paying for the defence of NZ. Why should I pay twice? Also, many USA companies remit large numbers of dollars to the USA from investments in New Zealand. In a globalized world, countries aren't isolated fiefdoms in geopolitical conflict. Mqurice