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Re: U.S. Lego (Was Re: What is Samsonite Lego?)
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Sun, 22 Aug 1999 14:46:12 GMT
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Not when the Chi-Comm's give you millions of dollars in campaign contributions
for the election and nuclear missile technology!

Scott S.

Troy Cefaratti wrote:

The US has some strange trade and
tariffs practices as it is. such as embargo's on Cuban products, because • Cuba is
Communist, then we have open trade (Favored nation status) on countries • like
Communist China?! (Chi-Comm's) Go figure!

I think that the main difference here is that China is a HUGE market that US
Companies want to get into, whereas Cuba is not.  And since big companies
pay big money for lobbyists, they usually get what they want....

I htink this is getting a bit off topic for general though...

--
Scott E. Sanburn
CADD Operator, CADD Systems Administrator
Affiliated Engineers, Inc. Ann Arbor, MI

Work Page:
http://www.aeieng.com/
Home Page:
http://www.geocities.com/~legoguy712/index.html
Lego Page:
http://www.geocities.com/~legoguy712/legoindex.html


“The more people I meet, the more I like my Lego collection.”



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  Re: U.S. Lego (Was Re: What is Samsonite Lego?)
 
The US has some strange trade and (...) Cuba is (...) like (...) I think that the main difference here is that China is a HUGE market that US Companies want to get into, whereas Cuba is not. And since big companies pay big money for lobbyists, they (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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