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To Outfox the Chicken Tax, Ford Strips Its Own Vans
The Wall Street Journal ^
| SEPTEMBER 23, 2009
| MATTHEW DOLAN
Posted on 10/03/2009 12:44:33 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy
I nthink so. They tried to remove it a couple of years ago but I think they devoted the fund for internet in schools or something
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posted on
10/03/2009 3:54:07 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(meow)
To: 1rudeboy
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posted on
10/03/2009 4:12:32 PM PDT
by
dljordan
To: Clock King
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posted on
10/03/2009 4:13:17 PM PDT
by
dljordan
To: 1rudeboy
“Arent we still paying some tax on our phone bills meant to help fund the Spanish-American War?”
I thought they were going to eliminate that. I once asked a Qwest billing agent what all the extra items were on my bill and she told me she couldn’t answer that.
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posted on
10/03/2009 4:15:38 PM PDT
by
dljordan
To: 1rudeboy
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posted on
10/03/2009 5:10:55 PM PDT
by
Toddsterpatriot
(Math is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
To: GeronL
This particular rule goes back to LBJ - Ford is just playing the game.
I agree with you that 0bummer is now trying to dazzle us with BS.
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posted on
10/03/2009 5:16:13 PM PDT
by
shove_it
(and have a nice day)
To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
vans from a Ford Motor Co. factory in Turkey
Here's an idea -- build the vans in the US.
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posted on
10/03/2009 5:36:49 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: BudgieRamone
"Always wanted one of those...:)"I was kind of shocked a few years back to learn that there was a very active restoration/collector thing for the Brat...ever since then I've wanted one too.
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posted on
10/03/2009 5:58:58 PM PDT
by
norton
To: SunkenCiv
Here’s a better idea: get the government out of the auto/truck business.
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posted on
10/03/2009 6:01:23 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: 1rudeboy
The described phenomenon has to do with trade protectionism, which is a stupid holdover and anti-conservative. Obviously the thing to do is get rid of those barriers. That will however result (in the short term) in the exporting of manufacturing jobs to the lowest cost locations, which has been happening anyway. Pursuit of lower costs led to mass-production by unskilled or semi-skilled labor at the expense of individual craftsmen.
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posted on
10/03/2009 6:36:40 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Abathar; Abcdefg; Abram; Abundy; akatel; albertp; AlexandriaDuke; Alexander Rubin; Allerious; ...
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posted on
10/03/2009 7:34:43 PM PDT
by
bamahead
(Avoid self-righteousness like the devil- nothing is so self-blinding. -- B.H. Liddell Hart)
To: 1rudeboy
Bi-Racial Attack Vehicle. LOL
To: 1rudeboy
I saw one of those just 3 weeks ago.
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posted on
10/03/2009 7:57:51 PM PDT
by
gogogodzilla
(Live free or die!)
To: 1rudeboy
Taxes are like zombies, they cannot be killed.
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posted on
10/03/2009 8:26:55 PM PDT
by
reg45
(Be calm everyone. The idiot children are in charge!)
To: GeronL
Only took a 90 years for the telephone tax to fund the Spanish American war to end.
To: art_rocks
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posted on
10/03/2009 8:39:53 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(meow)
To: 1rudeboy
The fabric is shredded, Ford says some parts of my Mustang seats are made from recycled material.
To: art_rocks
There is still a 10% luxury tax on all fishing equipment including tackle boxes and lures paid by the manufacturer.
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posted on
10/03/2009 8:55:27 PM PDT
by
dalereed
To: 1rudeboy
In the 80’s there was an SUV tarrif on japanese imports. Isuzu imported the trooper without a backseat which allowed to avoid the tariff. The dealers offered the rear seat as a local option.
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posted on
10/03/2009 8:58:03 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(This is the time of year when ACORNS fall.)
To: ColdWater
The padding inside trunks looks like it might be made from that stuff too.
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posted on
10/03/2009 8:59:02 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Democrat party is a criminal enterprise.)
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