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From: ludemann@ubc-cs.UUCP (Peter Ludemann)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Nationalization/Crown Corps. -- Buy Local.
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Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 02:28:11 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 23 02:28:11 1985
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In article <763@lsuc.UUCP> jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura) writes:
>     Gee Henry, you mean you don't mind if more people buy Ladas
>at the cost of shutting down Chrysler?  They're cheaper, and genuinely
>so.  Ironically, they are the product of 'nationalization gone mad'.
>Price to the consumer isn't always the only consideration, even when
>compared to the value of the immediate product.

Didn't buy a Lada.  Didn't buy a Chrylser.  Bought a Honda.
Much better car, even at the inflated prices caused by car quotas.
Result of a company getting off its ass and competing in the real
world instead of running whining to Ottawa for protection every
time things get tough.  (I was 15 before I found out that
"damned Easterners" was two words.)
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