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Solon

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Wed Dec-27-06 06:47 PM
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30. Talk about a reversal! Toyotas and Hondas could still be sold here...

But GM and Ford, I think NOT! At least most of their trucks and SUVs. That's kinda funny, in a way.

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-Idea : Everything sold in the US MUST be made here...simple?	cthrumatrix	Dec-26-06 08:07 PM	#0
- Even 60% would do the trick. As it is, I really have a hard time	Cleita	Dec-26-06 08:30 PM	#1
- Just a gut feeling (since I'm no expert on these issues)	Gentle Giant	Dec-26-06 08:32 PM	#2
- There is still a lot of infrastructure here for a start, not to mention	Cleita	Dec-26-06 08:36 PM	#4
- Plenty of money to send the machinery East	PsN2Wind	Dec-26-06 10:24 PM	#20
- LOLOLOL	BlooInBloo	Dec-26-06 08:33 PM	#3
- I would go for a mandatory percentage being made in USA	madokie	Dec-26-06 08:38 PM	#5
- You can go about this in these ways.	Cleita	Dec-26-06 08:42 PM	#10
- Sounds kind of like a band-aid.	Kiouni	Dec-26-06 08:38 PM	#6
- I can purchase something I want from anyone I want	RGBolen	Dec-26-06 08:39 PM	#7
- Countries that now supply the USA with finished goods...	tuvor	Dec-26-06 08:41 PM	#8
- Trade is good. How about we do more exporting?	quantessd	Dec-26-06 08:42 PM	#9
- Wasn't that the definition of a third world country a while back?	doc03	Dec-26-06 10:43 PM	#23
- No, I was absolutely not being sarcastic!	quantessd	Dec-26-06 11:09 PM	#25
- Trade Balance?????	doc03	Dec-27-06 06:38 PM	#29
- Because corporations/businesses that produce agricultural products	JDPriestly	Dec-26-06 11:37 PM	#26
- True, not everyone will profit from US exports. But, so?	quantessd	Dec-26-06 11:45 PM	#27
- and, there is such a thing as the Trade Deficit. (EOM)	quantessd	Dec-27-06 12:15 AM	#28
- It's too late - there are a least six more free trade deals being signed	partylessinOhio	Dec-26-06 08:50 PM	#11
- Read THIS and get back to me...	ret5hd	Dec-26-06 09:06 PM	#12
- I'd start by having the federal government setting a preferential option for	Lydia Leftcoast	Dec-26-06 09:09 PM	#13
- You can't really not allow imports. There are those who want	Cleita	Dec-26-06 09:37 PM	#19
- And the products being imported pretty much rubbish too.	HypnoToad	Dec-26-06 09:11 PM	#14
- I think this is a horrible idea	nick303	Dec-26-06 09:17 PM	#15
- That's an incredibly stupid idea	Hippo_Tron	Dec-26-06 09:19 PM	#16
- Something has to be done. Laissez-faire, let the market place	Cleita	Dec-26-06 09:35 PM	#17
- I agree that government has to intervene in the economy...	Hippo_Tron	Dec-26-06 10:28 PM	#21
- We have always had this problem.	A Simple Game	Dec-26-06 09:37 PM	#18
- Do we still have "duty-free" stores? Why?	TahitiNut	Dec-26-06 10:29 PM	#22
- Deleted message	Name removed	Dec-26-06 10:46 PM	#24
- Talk about a reversal! Toyotas and Hondas could still be sold here...	Solon	Dec-27-06 06:47 PM	#30

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