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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:09 PM Original message |
Obama Opts for Import Tariffs on Chinese Tires (first major decisions on trade policy) |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Very interesting |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. Gosh, with this sort of thing |
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Catamount (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yep--hope it's just the beginning! |
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bob4460 (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. We need way more of this!!! |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. Great. How about a tariff on imported workers |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. This is a good start! |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. A baby step in the right direction. |
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Grassy Knoll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. Great Job, MR. PRESIDENT |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
9. Perspective from one in the tire industry: |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Define "best" |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. No reason to name names - brand names don't always indicate manufacturers |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Personnally I go for foul weather performance |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
10. A tariff on outsourced jobs would help greatly too. Every job that goes from an American worker to |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. $12K fine for every, single outsourced job,.... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 08:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. With more H1Bs than employed tech workers, I agree - but recall Monkey Ballmer: |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
11. The Chinese will simply |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Their profit margins aren't high enough. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
12. The Free Market Fundamentalists are already declaring this the end of the world. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Here's an ironic story: "Obama can help free trade with tariffs" |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. That argument makes little sense. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Our economy suffers when not enough people have decent jobs. |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Yes, it does. So? |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Yes, and Krugman has been backing away from his position a bit. |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. If you understood comparative advantage, you would understand that absolute advantage |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 08:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Why not force them to drive with the components the Chinese make and send over? |
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StarryNite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
13. It's a beginning! |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. I wish he had gone the full 55% or more. But |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. k i c k |
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krister (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
17. We need to do this with all imports. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
19. Excellent news! |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
25. Great, now how about eliminating H1B visas. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
30. Great. Just what we need, a trade war with our financiers. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
31. HEY! whatever happened to obama=bush? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
32. Well I'll be darned.... |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
34. Protectionism will never win... always a bad idea. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 07:08 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. now that "free trade"... |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. It's funny that the repubs were the "high tariff" party from the Civil War to Reagan, when |
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Carl Skan (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
38. Bueller?... Bueller?... Bueller? |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
39. Good! |
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