When we vote, we assume the people we vote for are going to represent US. Not so……. they represent whoever can pay to be represented. Something’s gotta change.

Tariff Suspensions, Often Initiated by Companies Based Overseas, Keep Millions of Dollars From Flowing to the Treasury Each Year

By Joe Stephens
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 20, 2006; Page A01

For three generations, the Dungey family of Auburn, N.Y., has produced handmade dog collars and leashes for pet stores around the country. The family’s six-person shop has staved off competition from cheaper foreign labor by offering a range of products, from affordable “Sparky’s Choice” leashes to a $100 beveled-brass collar known as the “Gatsby.”

One day this spring, the company president, Anita Dungey, happened across a few words on a Web site, leading her to a startling discovery: One of her small advantages over imports was about to disappear, thanks to a little-noticed proposal in the Senate. The plan, it turned out, had been promoted by Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

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