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To: ScottM1968

Turn them down. That's what I'd do. Do you have any sense. They aren't granting all americans automobiles for free, they're giving a one time gift. And that one time gift would destroy the US auto market for years to come. Are you off your nut. Regardless of how you paint it, this is dumping. And it would destroy our industry for years to come. You guys haven't the sense to see the long term damage - you can only see the short term profit.

I would thank them for their gesture; but, suggest that if they wanted to thank the american people they could do something short of destroying the american auto industry for a generation as a gift. That ain't a gift.


67 posted on 09/27/2004 10:04:55 PM PDT by Havoc (Reagan was right and so was McKinley. Down with free trade.)
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To: Havoc
Thank you. I think you put your position together well.

There was probably no way the difference between our positions could be more greatly defined than through that example.

You would refuse on behalf of our country a huge gift fearing it would hurt three major auto manufacturers.

I would accept it such that everyone, regardless of industry affiliation, would profit and use their monies on more useful endeavors.
68 posted on 09/27/2004 10:14:33 PM PDT by ScottM1968
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To: Havoc
Turn them down. That's what I'd do. Do you have any sense.

Nobody reads the classics anymore (as in "Trojan Horse.")

95 posted on 09/28/2004 4:13:28 AM PDT by valkyrieanne
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