Comments for 0 at http://www.tradereform.org , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.tradereform.org Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:01:28 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.tradereform.org/content/view/1045/34/#comment-139 Most events (whether good or bad) have both an upside and a downside for all the affected parties. I am beginning to think that this mass exit of big company manufacturing might reopen the door to Mom and Pop businesses all over this country. If the federal government would endorse such an initiative with relaxed laws, SBA money and tax credits, and, if retailer's and consumer's would get behind the idea, we, as a nation could rebuild. - Common Joe Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:04:10 +0100 http://www.tradereform.org/content/view/1045/34/#comment-136 NAM's idea of a pro-manufacturing agenda is: more "free trade" agreements to foster off-shoring; miscellaneous tariff bills to do the same by forgiving tariffs on selected imports; and a cheap dollar -- they cynically call it a "sound" dollar -- that temporarily promotes exports at the expense of users of imported energy and other inputs -- even the offshorers. This jumbled, self-contradictory "program" reflects the confused thinking of Gov. Engler's Republican masters. Thank God that wrecking crew will be forcibly retired by January. Someone should put NAM out of its misery, too. - China Watcher Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:36:33 +0100