Posted on 07/27/2005 10:06:56 PM PDT by Coleus
It ain't hardly about tailpipe visibility tests.
Get a good night's rest. I'm about to.
"That didn't help the Canadians though, who were supposedly the ones NAFTA was to benefit."
Actually it did help the Canadians. It plugged the hole allowing Canadian physicians to come the US to practice medicine. Not to many docs want academia.
2,400 pages is only meant to confuse and conceal.
Michigan, for some odd reason, has never diversified its economy. The fact that its an expensive place to do business isn't a good enough reason, as Washington State has the highest corporate income tax in the nation, yet (miraculously) the economy around here is very strong.
Washington State has Microsoft. It's the GM(Circa 1950's) of the 90's. What's the last new revolutionary product that came out of Michigan? I suspect it's either a car or an appliance from West Michigan(also struggling economicwise, not as much with tourism though).
We also have the combination of economic liberalism, dwindling auto market share(Toyota/Honda), one of the highest union states in the country, terrible taxes, and amazing dependency on the auto industry. (1 in 3? if you include suppliers and those which do business with the Big 3
Other than that, tourism is our other major industry, and much of that is related to the auto industry since most of the tourism is from us Michiganders going "Up North".
What about the illegal drug trade?????????
The only thing keeping the economy going in Washington State is taxes which are funding every feel good program. If you love the economy in Washington State it means you also love taxes.
Bechtel and Halliburton are diversifying into groceries? Watch out WallMart!
Don't you realize that these suits that the article refers to, are detrimental to our nation? Don't you realize that businesses in external nations can force our nation through litigation to destroy our own businesses at their benefit?
How can you just sit there an regurgitate that stuff on the forum, and ignore what is happening to our nation?
Well I'm not going to name names, but I too have no respect for people who have bought into this absolute surrender of self-determination.
Every ruling by the WTO that involes the United States, is another example of a decision that has been made by a body that we do not vote for.
Representative government has been severely short circuited in these matters, and I don't see how a conservative could EVER buy into that.
This is an issue that separates the wheat from the chaff.
You and I are on the same page.
oops, sorry about that...
there are so many freepers, and topics where many of us differ I can't keep up with everybody
It was obvious, I should have read it more closely.
Check my "about" page. My position is clear, with graphics! ;)
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