Posted on 09/12/2006 12:31:55 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer
What are you mumbling about? We were talking about Clinton raising tariffs on luxury cars. He had the power to do it, but he didn't. Despite your claim.
I thought you read somewhere that a banana is a service, not a good. Ergo, a banana is not food.
I suspect one reason imports go up is because Americans like to eat, even unto the point of obesity. If all overweight Americans who could lose it by choice proceeded to go on a diet, who knows. We might be a net ag exporter again.
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