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Author and journalist Steve Coll talks about the complicated relationship between the U.S. government and Saddam Hussein, and how events in 1979 shaped future events like the Sept. 11 attacks and the Iraq...
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The practical answer is no.
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I give a basket with apples to my partner, he gives a basket with pears to me, and we walk away. This is how any commercial exchange should happen, international or domestic.
The government should find better sources of income than this. People should be able to exchange one resource to its equivalent value in another resource. If the government takes a cut, then private sector loses money. This discourages private economical activities from happening, leads to slowed economical growth and, long-term, makes the government poorer.
Tariffs and taxes on commercial deals reflect short-term thinking and fail terribly long-term.
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