To: Enlightened1
Reminds me of foolish Thomas Jefferson imposing an embargo on Europe when we were a pimple on the Continent’s economic tail. It destroyed American commerce and finally had to be repealed.
10 posted on
11/11/2016 8:38:54 AM PST by
LS
("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
To: LS
Jefferson only embargoed exports not imports. He needed to do both.
28 posted on
11/11/2016 8:47:02 AM PST by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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