Another thing, I hope this action of Congress doesn't put them in the mood to defeat the FPLA amendment when it comes before them.
Euric
----- Original Message ----- From: "m.f.moon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, 2004-11-20 10:22
Subject: [USMA:31489] Re: Greenspan (but not Congress!) may help America metricate
Actually, concrete product are mostly locally made as the shipping costs are
very high and importation is not likely. Best change this one rather than
count on imports.
Marion Moon
------ Original Message ------ Received: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 06:13:54 AM PST From: "Euric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [USMA:31488] Re: Greenspan (but not Congress!) may help America metricate
Scott Weber, NCMA Chairman and president of Basalite Concrete Products in Dixon, CA, said "Congress' action will do more than protect American concrete masonry manufacturers.
Actually untrue! Metric masonry products can then be purchased from foreign
sources. But this assumes that their will be a demand for metric masonry
products, which I doubt there will be unless there are a lot more people out
there who think like us. American companies will not be able to export
their products and thus can actually lose money. They are gambling on the
premise that the domestic market is sufficient for their needs. But with
interest rates destined to rise there is going to be a slump in
construction. Without the ability to export their products they will find
themselves hurting really badly.
It will also forestall huge, unnecessary costs for construction that would certainly be passed on to taxpayers. That's something we don't need as the country struggles with a rising federal deficit."
It would only delay the inevitable. The so-called costs are one time and would create a product that can be exported. The only way to end the deficits is to sell more products then you buy and to do that you have to sell products that are marketable in the rest of the world. Some people just like digging their own graves.
Euric
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Darfus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, 2004-11-20 00:51
Subject: [USMA:31486] Re: Greenspan (but not Congress!) may help America
metricate
One might hope, but from the news that came out Friday it seems the powers
that be can't see beyond profits to be made in the near term by cutting
"huge unnecessary costs..."
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041119/dcf012_1.html
On Nov 19, 2004, at 22:08, Euric wrote:
Well anyway, when the dollar crashes (and it will, it is only a matter of
time), can we hope that a bankrupt nation will wake up and realise that
only through metrication can this nation prosper again?
