re: #156 RogueOne

The reciprocation is the money involved. We have the biggest checkbook on the planet. I’m not suggesting we should insist on open and free elections or even religious freedoms but they could give us something. I mean, Come on!

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Do you really want the Federal Government making those sorts of decisions? “Sorry, you can’t expand your plant in Vietnam (or fill in the blank with some other country’s name) or you can’t buy from a favored supplier any more because they are on a list of countries we don’t like today.”

We do that now some: OFAC and such. But currently it is pretty manageable. The more political that gets, the weirder it gets. And remember, there is zero guarantee that the guys drawing up that list will share your political views and outlook. Sometimes they will, and you will think the list makes sense, and sometimes they won’t and you will be forbidden from doing business with someone you like for reasons you hate.

Be careful what you wish for.