Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site acf4.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!acf4!mms1646 From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: The missing premise Message-ID: <1340296@acf4.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 20:11:00 EDT Article-I.D.: acf4.1340296 Posted: Fri Jul 12 20:11:00 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Jul-85 21:12:39 EDT References: <3922@alice.UUCP> Organization: New York University Lines: 17 >/* andrew@orca.UUCP (Andrew Klossner) / 5:56 pm Jul 10, 1985 */ >The generalization, to all businesspeople, is >unwarranted. With cat exports shrinking dramatically and cheap cats >coming in from Asia, there is no question but that cat ranching >subsidies are needed. By contrast, current calls for subsidies to >wombat ranchers should be soundly rejected, since wombats have no >social value. >;-) Unfortunately, not everyone is aware of the absurdity: Recently, shoe manufacturers lobbied congress in favor of import restrictions and/or tariffs on shoes. They claimed that shoe imports were a threat to national security. Mike Sykora