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  1. Xref: sparky misc.consumers:21157 sci.electronics:21521 soc.culture.japan:12826 misc.education:5540 misc.entrepreneurs:3740
  2. Newsgroups: misc.consumers,sci.electronics,soc.culture.japan,misc.education,misc.entrepreneurs
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!mv!jlc!john
  4. From: john@jlc.mv.com (John Leslie)
  5. Subject: Re: America doesn't have a clue: (was DOES AMERICA SAY YES TO JAPAN? - Off track!!)
  6. Message-ID: <1992Dec24.031013.676@jlc.mv.com>
  7. Followup-To: misc.consumers,soc.culture.japan,misc.education,misc.entrepreneurs
  8. Organization: John Leslie Consulting, Milford NH
  9. References: <thomasd.42.724959481@tps.COM> <1992Dec21.215358.4886@netcom.com> <thomasd.45.725042003@tps.COM>
  10. Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 03:10:13 GMT
  11. Lines: 19
  12.  
  13. thomasd@tps.COM (Thomas W. Day) writes:
  14. >
  15. > I've read that Japan invests $400,000,000 per year in Washington.
  16.  
  17.    That sounds high by a factor of two or so.  Can anybody verify it?
  18.  
  19. > Buying government is much cheaper than any other investment they
  20. > could make.  
  21.  
  22.    No argument there.  It's obvious why politicians talk "protectionism."
  23. Our problem is that Joe SixPak seems to honestly believe that government
  24. bought and paid for by foreign lobbyists is going to "protect" him from
  25. foreign competition.
  26.  
  27.    Amazing, but true...
  28.  
  29. NB I've removed sci.electronics from the Followup-to, as somebody requested.
  30.  
  31. John Leslie <john@jlc.mv.com>
  32.