Posted on 02/15/2009 11:55:05 AM PST by shielagolden
Vicious. Extremely vicious.
Trade Policy is turned upside down today as it was at the Founding of the American Republic. In his second inagural address, President Thomas Jefferson stated that no American, be he farmer, labor, or mechanic had ever seen a tax gatherer in these United States. How then did government get it's revenue? Through taxes on foreign imports, the only legitimate means of government revenue under the US Constitution.
Ambassador Alan Keyes, former two time GOP Presidential Candidate explained this beautifully. He explained that we must not accept this vicious "free trade" as it is a misnomer. It is not fair, nor free. He stated that the USA is like a mall. Anyone wanting to do business in a mall must pay their rent. Rent goes to pay for the "infrastructure" to keep the lights on, keep the security up, janitorial work etc. You want to do business in the mall, to get rich by doing business in the mall? Well, you pay your rent---in this case, import taxes or tariffs. All nations want to come get rich by doing business in the best mall on earth (at least it was once but due to socialism is turning into a slum) Now, the American Taxpayer must pay for the infrastructure through a grevious to be born marxist graduated income tax, and China is given access to the "mall" with no rent due. This is criminal of the traitors in the US Congress, the Courts, and the Executive. Traitors all.
Yes, that’s true. And it’s the result of policies that I think were misguided. Hey, that’s my take on it.
Keyes is dead right on this. Even slave owners had the moral consistency to live on their own plantations.
American Brand Cars and Trucks are just fine. To buy others is sealing our doom. How stupid can you be.
I don’t know what type of cars you are buying, but every American car I owned SUCKED. I will continue to buy Toyotas or Hondas.
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