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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
1) True, but they are a bargaining chip.
2) What is good for "us" is not necessarily good for the relevant organized political constituencies.
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Tell that to Ty. He thinks this stuff is good for us (actually it may be, but it is not worth sacrificing the treaty for).
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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Intellectually they do not. Politically they do. The giant sucking sound is still heard in union halls throughout the US.
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Tell that to Ty. He thinks intellectually they do.
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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Yes, but it's a truism. Businesses want tariff reductions only when it helps them. Sometimes tariffs help them, which is why the anti-dumping laws continue to exist and are regularly invoked.
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That is why the old saying: Busineses want free trade in every business but their own. That is why you look to business organizations. For business in general free trade is good so business organizatoins want free trade. And every business organization, or at least 99% and everyone I have heard of, is for CAFTA.
