David Smith Wrote:
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> Agent 99 Wrote:
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> > It certainly is outsourcing......and economics.
> We
> > want to be part of a "world economy" then this
> is
> > what happens. If its cheaper/easier/fewer
> > regulations/lower taxes to process lumber in
> > another location (country) then that's where
> the
> > processing goes.....because if they don't a
> > competitor will, then undercut their prices and
> > they'll be out of business completely.
> > An uncomfortable truth but the only other
> option
> > is market controls - which sorta starts to
> sound
> > like Socialism - and apparently most in this
> > country don't want that either. So which is it?
> >
> > 99 out
>
> There is another way ....... how about we (1) cut
> our corporate tax rates, (2) make more timber
> available from public lands, (3) streamline all
> the environmental regs ...... etc, etc.


10-4. Well said.