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To: DoughtyOne
Why Poohbay, it's not like you to just give out partial information. Tariffs would be charged on imports.

True. But higher taxes on overseas revenues are taxes on EXPORTS.

As for teriffs charged on exports, other nations charge tariffs on our exports all the time, some as much as 40 percent.

D-1, if other countries put tariffs on our exports, that's their business.

However, if WE put tariffs on our exports, it violates the Constitution of the United States.

I see you have a problem with the notion of Constitutional government if it gets in the way of punishing your class enemies.

Nobody said we should have tariffs and income taxes too.

Tough s**t. It's what you're going to get.

We would have to gutt this government like a fatted cow, but then that's what we should be doing.

Tough. You'll get told, "Yeah, in return for supporting my union thug buddies with a tariff, we'll support cutting taxes and spending...someday."

"Someday" will have this habit of never coming.

Our found fathers set up a system of tariffs to finance this government's needs. Tariffs don't pay it enough to let it get in trouble. Good.

Small problem: the majority of voters disagree with you. You propose to shoot them for treason?

Income tax should be eliminated. Government should be about 20% of what it is today. SS and Medicare should be privatized. Creative ways can be devised to so it a lot quicker and less painfully than we've been led to believe.

And all you have to do is "temporarily" suspend the Constitution to keep those people you disagree with from arguing with you.

Our government should take care of the Military, trade negotiations and our borders. That is it!

No particular argument there, but it's an argument you're going to lose at the ballot box for a long time yet.

You do NOT magically turn public policy on a dime unless your title is "Supreme Dictator For Life." And then you have a problem: namely, the method of leaving office is indicated in the job title, and will tend to give other folks ideas.

136 posted on 08/25/2003 6:07:32 PM PDT by Poohbah (Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.)
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To: Poohbah
Poobah, I think you're attributing something to me that I didn't advocate. I do not support tariffs on exports. Besides, would that be an export fee? I don't think those are also called tariffs. Course you might know more than that I regarding the exact phrasiology.

Unions. Who said we need unions? They're history.

There's no more trading off. We're bringing in immigrants to handle all those jobs. In fact I propose rapid rail service to deep in Mexico. Anyone that wants to come can come on it. Borders no longer exist. Anyone who wants to walk across can.

All corporate executive positions will be handled from Asia. They no longer exist in the US. Conferencing and the occasional on site visit will suffice. Those jobs pay between $10k and $20k over there.

Why Poobah, disagreements... we had a hundred million people who thought outsourceing, open borders, H1-Bs were a problem. That didn't stop anyone. We have a rich history of f-ing over anyone who objects. Please, let's be friends.

Again, what's to argue about Poohbah. Our government knows what's best for us. And under this new system, we don't worry about governments. We have open borders and each nation doesn't need a government. Trade entities like NAFTA and the WTO have set the model for the future. International courts and the UN will take care of this stuff. It's totally harmonious.

Well we do have a ballot box, but anyone walking into a polling booth can vote. We did away with citizenship since it was so unfair to immigrants. Today everyone is equal.

We all have service sector jobs. We all make $7.50 an hour, no overtime, no vacations, no medical plans. It really works out great. There's four regional service centers in Equador. They do direct deposit from there.
176 posted on 08/25/2003 6:34:08 PM PDT by DoughtyOne
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