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Re: New York's Mayor....
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Fri, 15 Aug 2003 15:46:35 GMT
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Chris Magno wrote:
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> When the 27% tax was imposed it had a short term effect on the price of canadian
> lumber in the US and people bought american. THEN the Canadian lumber mills laid
> off a lot of staff, AND still figured out a way to reduce cost by that same 27%.
> ergo the lumber was still cheaper and market forces had people buying Canadian
> lumber again. OH, and when the dust settles and the 27% tariff is removed we will
> still be 27% more efficient.
Except that lumber is carp these days. I just got back from 3 weeks of
building a house, and over 3/4 of the lumber we had was badly twisted or
warped in at least 1 of 3 dimensions, usually more. I don't think this
degree of twistiness is normal.
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| (...) I heard that early this morn and I cant tell you how upset this made me. what next, American's will refuse our beef? .... oh wait. or how about screening all air traffic for SARS.... oh wait..... or slapping an illegal *27% tariff on Canadian (...) (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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