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U.S. Congress pushes for trade levy

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U.S. Congress pushes for trade levy


Political | 207177 hits | Feb 18 3:46 am | Posted by: Curtman
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A bill recently introduced in Congress calls for a "freight fee" on international trade goods that could, if approved, cost Canadian and U.S. importers and exporters about $42 billion annually.

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  1. by avatar gonavy47
    Fri Feb 18, 2011 2:34 pm
    They screwed up, now they want us to pay for it!

  2. by avatar DrCaleb
    Fri Feb 18, 2011 5:51 pm
    Notice how they seem to like foisting taxes on people who can't vote them out?

  3. by avatar BartSimpson  Gold Member
    Fri Feb 18, 2011 5:54 pm
    "DrCaleb" said
    Notice how they seem to like foisting taxes on people who can't vote them out?


    They do it to us all the time. :|

  4. by Regina  Gold Member
    Fri Feb 18, 2011 5:55 pm
    Part of "Screw the Foreigners" policy which gets loads of cheerleaders. 8O

  5. by avatar DrCaleb
    Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:04 pm
    "BartSimpson" said
    Notice how they seem to like foisting taxes on people who can't vote them out?


    They do it to us all the time. :|

    That's why they keep dividing you along Republican/Democrat lines, despite the two parties being not that different in actions. So you don't coalesce, and vote them out.

    We did it once with the PC party. We can do it again if we get pissed off enough. I've had it up to here /|\ with US touting 'Free' trade.

  6. by avatar BartSimpson  Gold Member
    Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:06 pm
    We despise 'free trade' too, because it is typically just free trade for the importers.

  7. by Lemmy
    Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:26 pm
    Don't American consumers enjoy their imports? We Canadians love our cheap Chinese junk. I may go to WalMart for cheap shoes tomorrow.

  8. by avatar andyt
    Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:30 pm
    "BartSimpson" said
    Notice how they seem to like foisting taxes on people who can't vote them out?


    They do it to us all the time. :|

    Please explain? I thought you lived in a democracy?

  9. by avatar BartSimpson  Gold Member
    Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:44 pm
    "andyt" said

    Please explain? I thought you lived in a democracy?


    Nope. We have a representational republic.

    That means that I get to vote for the President, two US Senators, and one Congressman.

    The majority can pass taxes without the approval of the people I voted for. Worse, they can pass regulations at the agency level that can cost far more than taxes with near no oversight at all.

  10. by avatar andyt
    Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:46 pm
    "BartSimpson" said

    Please explain? I thought you lived in a democracy?


    Nope. We have a representational republic.

    That means that I get to vote for the President, two US Senators, and one Congressman.

    The majority can pass taxes without the approval of the people I voted for. Worse, they can pass regulations at the agency level that can cost far more than taxes with near no oversight at all.

    Show me one country where it's any different. In Bartland we'd have people saying "I didn't vote for that, so I won't pay" and Bartland would collapse in on itself until it really became the republic of Bart.

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    Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:28 pm
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  12. by avatar BartSimpson  Gold Member
    Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:33 pm
    "andyt" said

    Show me one country where it's any different. In Bartland we'd have people saying "I didn't vote for that, so I won't pay" and Bartland would collapse in on itself until it really became the republic of Bart.


    Andy, you asked me a straight question and I gave you a straight answer.

  13. by avatar andyt
    Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:36 pm
    "BartSimpson" said

    Show me one country where it's any different. In Bartland we'd have people saying "I didn't vote for that, so I won't pay" and Bartland would collapse in on itself until it really became the republic of Bart.


    Andy, you asked me a straight question and I gave you a straight answer.

    And I asked you another straight question, for which you have no answer. To complain about something that nobody does differently is not very helpful. Actually Switzerland comes closest, there is a lot of popular input for spending, not just at election time. But as we saw in the recent gun topic, Switzerland aint the US.

  14. by Radio
    Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:08 pm
    "Lemmy" said
    I may go to WalMart for cheap shoes tomorrow.

    I go to Walmart every month for new cheap shoes.



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