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To: det dweller too
I may agree if only those commodities from overseas, and not domestically produced commodities, carried the commodity tax.

23 posted on 03/12/2004 8:29:35 PM PST by William Terrell (Individuals can exist without government but government can't exist without individuals.)
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24 posted on 03/12/2004 8:56:41 PM PST by djreece
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To: William Terrell
I may agree if only those commodities from overseas, and not domestically produced commodities, carried the commodity tax.

Then that would simply be a tariff, and as we have seen countless times, tariffs cause resentment and trade wars that are costly and they simply don't work anymore. But by reducing our income taxes first that would take down the fixed cost imbedded in our manufactured goods, then we simply add the tax back on the goods for everyone. Now there is no basis for a trade war since they are asked to pay a tax that we are nlso paying. They will not like it, but they have no Legitimate complaint.

30 posted on 03/12/2004 11:25:09 PM PST by det dweller too
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