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To: TimF who wrote (539656)	12/30/2009 4:20:35 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578105

Sorry, Tim, you are a one trick pony. Trade is not the only solution to a problem. What an odd statement. It certainly isn't a response to anything I said. Of course trade isn't a solution to every problem. There are problems where its irrelevant except perhaps in the most indirect way. I never suggested it as a solution to every problem. You suggest it as a solution nearly every time we have these talks. While it isn't (and nothing is) a solution to every problem, its beneficial, and reducing it in the name of "X independence" is expensive, both to the people who would have been buying X and those who would have been selling X. There are times when a country is too dependent on an export or an import. And trade won't solve the problem. It requires a nation to develop a plan to reduce that dependency.....like Brazil did with energy. Does the fact that trade isn't a solution to every problem mean you want to be "food independent" not going to grocery stores, or restaurants, but growing everything yourself? Of course not. You benefit from trade with places that sell food, even if buying food from them is hardly a solution to all of your problems. Again, trade can be the solution some times......just not as frequently as you seem to think.