To thank your government for trying to screw us over.
Edit- Really, I don't care except for the fact that there is a standing agreement called NAFTA that we have. It'd be nice to be shown a bit more respect is all. It hasn't actually be signed by Obama yet from what I understand, but after his mentioning of NAFTA during his running for presidency...
Rising tariffs in no small way helped bring the Great Depression.
What a wonderful idea.
Well..it's not like we're trying to screw you over. It's more like we're trying to help ourselves out of a financial crisis. Nothing personal really. Just some self-preservation.
I hope it gets reworked as exempting canada, it would be a bad idea to alienate our biggest tradding partner.
+1 for canadian beer
Xceler8x wrote:Well..it's not like we're trying to screw you over. It's more like we're trying to help ourselves out of a financial crisis. Nothing personal really. Just some self-preservation.
Oh for sure, just like the whole "dirty oil" that Alberta produces and the government started making a big deal about a couple of months ago. Hm.
So, the $8 billion it takes away from us (a country 1/10 in population) compared to the hundreds of billions in government aid thats recently been passed through in the US to try and solve this problem.. ya, kind of sounds knee jerk/screw over-ish don't you think?
I'm all for countries needing to do what they have to do, but lets keep it in perspective. That $8 billion will do nothing (relatively speaking) for the states. That $8 billion is a huge chunk of cash for Canada. Thats what I am getting at. Plus the whole NAFTA thing.
Xceler8x wrote:Well..it's not like we're trying to screw you over. It's more like we're trying to help ourselves out of a financial crisis. Nothing personal really. Just some self-preservation.
In the northern spirit: Halibut...
This is an incredibly misguided attempt at self-preservation. As previously stated, raising tariffs during a time of financial crisis is a pretty bone-headed move. It will lead to counter-raising of tariffs, and strangle industries.
So the Canadians want some pork too? 
HiTempguy wrote:I'm all for countries needing to do what they have to do, but lets keep it in perspective. That $8 billion will do nothing (relatively speaking) for the states.
tell that to the US steel workers
There's more to be gained, and less to be lost, by nurturing markets abroad than by mandating production at home.
Strizzo wrote:HiTempguy wrote:I'm all for countries needing to do what they have to do, but lets keep it in perspective. That $8 billion will do nothing (relatively speaking) for the states.
tell that to the US steel workers
Try doing it without our oil or natural gas!
My point is that some people, especially legislators, in the U.S. are quick to want to close of the borders to our businesses, if we did the same the M1 Abrams would roll north pretty quick!
NGTD wrote:My point is that some people, especially legislators, in the U.S. are quick to want to close of the borders to our businesses, if we did the same the M1 Abrams would roll north pretty quick!
Fallout said:War. War never changes.
The Romans waged war to gather slaves and wealth. Spain built an empire from its lust for gold and territory. Hitler shaped a battered germany into an economic superpower. But war never changes.
In the 21st century, war was still waged over the resources that could be acquired. Only this time, the spoils of war were also its weapons... petroleum and uranium. For these resources, China would invade Alaska, the US would annex Canada, and the European commonwealth would dissolve into quarreling, bickering nation-states, bent on controlling the last remaining resources on earth. ...
^^^Didn't we already take out the White House once? I'm sure we could do it again 
Well, really all he promised was change. Rapid descent into poverty across the board is change...
GregTivo wrote:Well, really all he promised was change. Rapid descent into poverty across the board is change...
I want to laugh out loud, but it has too much reality in it.
The people in DC who we pay to represent us, are trying their best to make this recession into a depression. Why is it that they cannot accomplish most things they try, but it looks like they know exactly how to do this one?
Nice link, but I was exspecting "Canadian Bacon"
