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"Toyota should be toast right now"

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by GreenGuy33, Feb 24, 2010.

  1. TonyPSchaefer

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    NAFTA took a new angle for me when I found out who our two highest imported oil providers are.

    Please note: this is not biased reporting or personal opinion. This link is doe.gov:
    Crude Oil and Total Petroleum Imports Top 15 Countries
     
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    When did Mexico move overseas?

    Ross Perot's "Giant Sucking Sound" was referring to NAFTA and Mexico, not to any treaty with overseas countries.
     
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    The governor of Texas has been pushing a NAFTA Superhighway from the border through Texas into the rest of the country, it would support a covert move to bring in more foreign and Chinese goods by way of Mexico, in support of more companies moving jobs overseas. By creating the special Superhighway, more Chinese and foreign goods can be brought into Mexico and repackaged as NAFTA commerce, causing more Texas and American jobs to be lost. Guess what party he is from and who will benefit from the highway.
     
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    "Guess what party he is from and who will benefit from the highway"

    The seccessionist party? The I hate America so I want to leave it party?

    There are actually some valid arguments for the superhighway, but it can't overcome the main argument against....which is that highway usage follows oil production usage, hence we will likely never have as many cars, trucks, etc. on the highway as we do right now. Rail between cities and EV's within are where the future is.