[Elecraft] UK Re-seller [End of Thread]

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

Folks - we are drifting OT. Let's end this thread for now.

73,

Eric
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On 5/30/2012 5:33 PM, KD0RVF wrote:
> KENT TRIMBLE wrote
>> purchase something over the internet [and find yourself] living in
>> communities as blighted as Detroit.
>>
> This thread is way off topic (Ham) and getting into politically areas more
> suited to Facebook.  This is practice is also frowned upon.  I am
> reluctantly jumping into the fray only because I cannot let some statements
> go unchallenged.  Detroit's blighted condition has NOTHING to do with people
> buying locally, even if by local you mean Americans buying US made products.
> Detroit is blighted because of government taxation, regulation and the
> government's strong arm support of the labor monopoly (unions).  If
> government would get out of the way, Detroit could rebound in just a few
> years.  Perhaps they could start producing the products people buy from the
> Internet.  Dallas has a thriving economy in the midst of an economic
> depression even though Texas oil wells are producing a fraction of what they
> used to.  The reason is the governments of Texas and Dallas are not standing
> in the way of businesses.
>
> Having said all that, I do agree completely with David Christ.  If you walk
> into a store and notice the prices are higher than what you are willing to
> pay, then you should immediately exit the establishment.  To do anything
> less is theft.  If you want to buy online, fine.  But don't steal the time
> or resources of a business you have no intention of patronizing.
>
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