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GreenPartyVoter

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4. Are you thinking tariffs on goods made by "American" companies which

Reply to Proud Liberal Dem (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 01:30 PM

Jan 2012

maintain most of their manufacturing outside of the country, or whose headquarters are out of the country and therefore escape taxation by us? And what can we do about service industries, like tech support based outside of America?

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Mitch Daniels hands the president a win [View all] kpete Jan 2012 OP

The wooden plank BumRushDaShow Jan 2012 #1

Corporations are people, my friend. Apple is good, american people. n/t Ed Suspicious Jan 2012 #2

and there's not a damned thing the Republicans (like Mitch) are going to do Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2012 #3

Are you thinking tariffs on goods made by "American" companies which GreenPartyVoter Jan 2012 #4

I believe in offering some carrots Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2012 #5

Yes and yes. Higher taxes with write offs for wages paid to American workers TheKentuckian Jan 2012 #6

npr was even running with this bigtree Jan 2012 #7