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Old 12-29-2015, 07:56 AM   #2502
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Cars are tariff ridden, gas has bizarre taxation, and bread and haircuts are locally provided.

His point (which is correct), is that general goods manufactured overseas are ludicrously cheap in comparison.

A t-shirt made in a Malaysian sweatshop from Old Navy costs you $5 CDN. Were you able to buy a t-shirt for ~$1.20 in 1975?
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