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To: central_va
Unfortunately for you, "may" is all online here, so you can browse the rates and schedules at your leisure. Like we have to spend hours doing when we want to import something.

Contrary to popular religious belief, we already levy huge tariffs on imports from unpopular countries like China - unless, perhaps, a certain firm is big enough to buy a few pages of exemptions for themselves in the next "Free" Trade Agreement - so the only thing left to accomplish with a general import tariff on everything is to beat up those scammers in Denmark and New Zealand who are flooding us with cheap cheese and wine. :)

25 posted on 10/18/2016 7:25:33 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Mr. Jeeves
Contrary to popular religious belief, we already levy huge tariffs on imports from unpopular countries like China - unless, perhaps, a certain firm is big enough to buy a few pages of exemptions for themselves in the next "Free" Trade Agreement

A Free Trade myth easily debunked.

For FY 2010 the USA collected $25 Billion in tariff revenues. That sounds like a lot but when you consider the USA imports $2.5Trillion every year that works out to around 1%. LOL.

Ref. Tariffs in the United States.


26 posted on 10/18/2016 7:38:28 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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