Posted on 09/23/2003 10:06:25 AM PDT by Willie Green
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:03:08 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Pennsylvania has a friend in almost every corner of the world.
Pennsylvania spends $2.6 million a year to run 15 foreign trade offices -- more than any other state -- representing the commonwealth from Australia to Singapore to the United Kingdom.
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...
Article I, Section 10. No state shall...
...enter into any agreement or compact with another state, or with a foreign power
Foreign trade offices are a boondoggle
Report: State foreign trade offices lie about success
CA: Trade secrets - Overseas (STATE) offices that cost millions to run, .....
California: Trade office rebuked [lawmakers want perjury charges if it continues to lie]
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