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Jul 8, 2024
5:23:58pm

Abe Froman Political Junky

We used to be a proper country.

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Abe Froman

Previous username: Rise and Shout
Bio page: Abe Froman
Joined: Nov 19, 2006
Last login: Oct 6, 2024
Total posts: 89,670 (7,972 FO)

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Messages

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Time

One of the biggest crimes in American history is not allowing the Hilux

maxpowers

Jul 8, 5:03pm

Thank the LBJ admin and their 1964 Chicken Tax that slaps tariffs on small duty trucks.

specsauce

Jul 8, 5:07pm

Why doesn't anyone want to repeal it today? Or do newer regs cause the same

NumbersGuy

Jul 8, 5:31pm

If I had to guess, the US automakers like the ability to dominate the truck market. If trucks like the Hilux were

specsauce

Jul 8, 6:25pm

That is my presumption as well, but I don't actually know.

NumbersGuy

Jul 8, 7:22pm

We used to be a proper country.

Abe Froman

Jul 8, 5:23pm

The biggest crime of the last century was convincing Americans that protecting

Mises

Jul 8, 5:38pm

Protectionists will always say that it isn't a "fair" fight.

Jul 8, 6:27pm

RE: The biggest crime of the last century was convincing Americans that

NumbersGuy

Jul 8, 7:23pm

As with most things, there is a lot of gray area there. One example of

Mitty

Jul 8, 7:24pm

And the USA is a very minor offender on a global scale

NYC and Japan

Jul 8, 7:32pm

Greed destroys good things. Toyotas arent built like that anymore

chismoso

Jul 8, 5:39pm

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