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| Chris | Feb 19 2012, 12:27 AM Post #51 |
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And then they will stop shipping to such a country and find other customers. Just like Canada will do with shale oil should the US continue to block Keystone. Economics is local and global, but it's not national. |
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| Deleted User | Feb 19 2012, 12:31 AM Post #52 |
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Only problem with that logic, is the US is the worlds largest customer. If it had an economy the size of Liechtenstein that would be a good point. |
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| Chris | Feb 19 2012, 12:32 AM Post #53 |
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Explain. |
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| Mountainrivers | Feb 19 2012, 12:38 AM Post #54 |
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That's self-explanatory, Chris. A company isn't going to give up it's biggest customer. And, even if it did, another company would come in and take its place. |
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| Chris | Feb 19 2012, 12:49 AM Post #55 |
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Agree. But the US is not a company and it does not trade. Individuals do that. |
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| Mountainrivers | Feb 19 2012, 12:52 AM Post #56 |
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What? |
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| Thumper | Feb 19 2012, 12:57 AM Post #57 |
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| Chris | Feb 19 2012, 01:02 AM Post #58 |
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Recall that I was asking for an explanation of telco's "Only problem with that logic, is the US is the worlds largest customer. If it had an economy the size of Liechtenstein that would be a good point." That context might help. He was talking countries, you draw an analogy with companies, but it doesn't really hold. |
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| Jim Miller | Feb 19 2012, 01:09 AM Post #59 |
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I wonder who the Canadians are going to vote for down here. |
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| Mountainrivers | Feb 19 2012, 01:15 AM Post #60 |
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Didn't think I would have to explain this to you Chris. Lichtenstein is a small country, thus a small customer for a companies goods. The US is the opposite. Caterpillar can't give up its sales in the US because it's taxed. It just has to set its prices such that it can make a profit and pay the taxes. It could easily give up its sales to Lichtenstein and hardly miss it. Not so with the US. |
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