Re: Bush dropping steel tariffs

"Bill Bonde ( the oblique allusion in lieu of the frontal attack )"  <[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Dez Akin wrote:
> > 

> > "Bill Bonde ( the oblique allusion in lieu of the frontal attack )"  
> > > The US doesn't need to be importing more things. We have a balance of
> > > trade problem. The rest of the world has a balance of trade problem too
> > > although they seem to be benefiting in the short term from using the US
> > > to dump their excess industrial capacity.
> > 
> > Oh sure we could close off from the rest of the world and every
> > country could duplicate all the industrial infrastructure for every
> > industry.
> > 
> Try responding to what I actually said.

I thought I did. You seemed to be advocating protectionist policies,
and that the trade deficit was a 'bad thing'. What did you actually
mean?