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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 04:46 PM Original message |
Ok we all know the economy is in the shitter |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. International trade with developed countries is just as sensible as free trade between the states. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. The first thing that one has to understand is that Free Trade is not free |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. I don't see the problem with free trade with the UK, Germany, France, etc. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. If labor is cheaper in Canada, it will still move there, the building of cars |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. The shipping costs and transit times largely offset that. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. No it does not... see several Japanese companies |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Yeah, but that speaks ill of our health care system, not trade. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Wrong, the decision came to 2000 extra per unit |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. costs that cost the average American immediately and not the Investors |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. The problem is more than free trade with the third world... |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
45. Where do you draw the line on what qualifies as a "third world" country? Many are obvious, |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. Can you pick out 2 things there you actually think will happen in the next term of two? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Historical storms like this one actually lead to change |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Who knows...things were pretty bad first then, |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. By the time christmas rolls around you may get how bad things |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. maybe what mcsame meant was the "fundament" is strong. |
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100AcreWood (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. socialism is coming ... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Would not bet on replacing one form of utopia for another |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. Are you kidding? Exports are up like 30% year to date. Kind of helping hold up the economy. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. No I am not kidding... there is this thing called history |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. The dollar and the "new" way that the numbers are calculated. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Call me surprised. THey are doing this with all critical numbers |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. because the dollar is down, uh. |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
14. K & R - I totally agree...I've been thinking along the same lines |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. This is an excellent place to start |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
26. thank you.... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. You welcome... time to start talking of these issues |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. From what Little I Know of History... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. You are correct, that is the other grand period of |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. "major economic events of this type usually have republicans in charge..." |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Why republicans don't want an informed population |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. time to revoke some corporate charters |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. THANK YOU, forgot that MAJOR one |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
31. K&R |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
34. Well done! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. You welcome, now we have to be careful that Rubin does not |
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bluedem77 (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
35. Key word: regulation |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 08:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. regulation works for EVERYBODY... that will make a good bumper sticker |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. It went much more beyond regulations |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
40. You and a few others here (but mostly you) called it first. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. And I wish I could eat a nice helping of crow |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
42. I take issue with one point... |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 04:28 AM Response to Original message |
43. The Feldstien/Friedman/Chi-school methods have churned out Randists in our schools. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
44. I've long said that The Great Depression 2 is one of the things that will wake the people up. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
46. It's time for a new New Deal. n/t. |
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