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To: TigerLikesRooster

I remember when the small trucks first appeared and Japan started cleaning Detriot’s clock. The automakers lobbied Congress to put a tariff on those imports. Congress obligingly slapped a $500 tariff on the Jap trucks. The automakers immediately raised the prices of their trucks $400 and when some in Congress yelled WTF? the automakers replied they were “just being competitive”.

If these bozos get that $25 billion, you can expect the first bucks will go for bonuses for the CEOs.


22 posted on 09/16/2008 5:40:07 AM PDT by Oatka (A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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To: Oatka

Harley Davidson did much the same thing.

Oddly enough, that chicken is starting to come home to roost now, with the end of easy credit...


35 posted on 09/16/2008 6:24:09 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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