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Forum: Canada/US Relations Topic: The Canadian Dream... |
| tuna_USA |
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Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:13 am
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| Yeah, a lot of people in america want to improve their financial status. Why is that so bad? Its not like there arent investment bankers in Toronto who work 70 hours a week at a job they hate to make a lot of money, nor is it like there arent millions of people in the american suburbs who cut back o... |
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Forum: US Politics Topic: U.S. trade deficit hit new high in 2005 |
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 8:37 pm
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Replies: 28
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| Someone brought up Tibet and mentioned karma well I have to say something although the chinese government is pretty bad they do have some strong points 1)tibet was part of china since the 14th century, the only reason why it was unoccupied at that time when china "invaded" was because the Chinese c... |
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Forum: US Politics Topic: U.S. trade deficit hit new high in 2005 |
| tuna_USA |
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:50 pm
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| according to current microeconomic thought, trade deficits are meaningless. In fact, they empirically correlate with economic growth. The reasoning is that a trade deficit essentially means that that a country is exporting their currency. For example, if the US has a $500B trade deficit, it essentia... |
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Forum: US Politics Topic: UK supermarket Tesco to open stores in America. |
| tuna_USA |
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:25 pm
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Replies: 15
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| Well good luck to them, competition is always good, but I don't see them having much luck. Neither does the market it seems. It is absolutely impossible to compete with Walmart for price utility, impossible to compete with US pharmacy (I guess they're called chemists in the UK) chains for time utili... |
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