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To: Yardstick
I’m trying to think of how cheese might be characterized as vital.

That's what Wisconsin is for. Again, we've got our own ass covered. It's the American way.

But that’s a good question — what do we buy from the Europeans?

I'm sure that we buy some goods, but I don't know that any of them are vital commodities. From what I know, they don't really manufacture much of anything anymore.

I can't think of a thing besides Scotch whiskey and tea that we might get from Great Britain. We probably buy ten times as much stuff from Germany. They still make technological things of value. Other than that, I'm at a loss.

9 posted on 04/17/2010 8:32:09 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

Yeah, I’m at a loss too. All I can figure is it’s high tech industrial or commercial equipment — stuff you don’t see when you’re out shopping and so you might be unaware of.

As I mentioned before, I do see Volvo heavy construction equipment and trucks all over the place. But that’s about all I can think of, probably because it’s fairly visible. Maybe there are other Euro companies that have a presence but just in less visible areas.


12 posted on 04/17/2010 8:40:14 PM PDT by Yardstick
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