Re: Eliot Spitzer, antismoking leader, self-destructs

SkippyPB wrote:
>> Let's take an extreme example: Bauxite.
>>
>> There isn't much easily available Bauxite in the U.S. In the
>> interests of "helping the domestic economy," we could demand that
>> only domestic Bauxite be used in the manufacture of Aluminum. But
>> then a beer can would be more valuable than the equivalent weight of
>> gold!
>>
>> Does anyone seriously want to plop down a $500 deposit on a six-pack
>> of suds in pursuit of "helping the domestic economy"?
>>
>
> Pretty bad example as bauxite has never really been available in the
> US.  Countries such as Australia, Guinea, Brazil, Jamaica, India and a
> few others hold most of the world's reserves.

It's an EXCELLENT example to those who want to kneel at the alter of "buy 
domestic."