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From: jchapman@watcgl.UUCP (john chapman)
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Subject: Re: High Duties => Increased Competitiveness?
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Date: Wed, 31-Dec-69 18:59:59 EDT
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Posted: Wed Dec 31 18:59:59 1969
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> In article <2550@watcgl.UUCP> jchapman@watcgl.UUCP (john chapman) writes:
> >price.  Since these figures come from the North-South institute are
> >they for Canada & US (& maybe Mexico) in which case they work out to
> >< $2/yr/person (pretty small) or are they just for Canada?  How much
> >is actually spent on clothes in total (i.e. is $500 million 50%, 10%,
> >1% or 0.1% of the total?).
> 
> The above questions are  rather irrelevant. The fact of the matter is

Ahhhh! This clears up a lot of your previous postings; now I can 
understand how you reason.  There's no point in knowing what region
figures apply to - they are correct for some place so we may as well
use them for us too eh? No point in knowing how much of total cost
these duties account for eh?  10% is as bad as 0.1% right?


> that (low-tech) jobs are being subsidized to the tune of $83,000 per. 
> If that isn't a gross misallocation of resources then I don't know what is.
> 
> J.B. Robinson
> 
> The opinions expressed above may concur exactly with those of Ed
> Broadbent. Then again, they may not.
-- 

	John Chapman
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