Re: UNCLAS//N11240//Re: [MV] Import/MV's

Glenn Goodman (GGOODMAN@novell.com)
Fri, 06 Aug 1999 11:49:15 -0600

Steve wrote:
I believe it has evreything to do with protecting the market for civilian
vehicle manufacturers. After all, enormous stocks of good equipment were
dumped at sea after WW2 (eg. "Million-dollar Point" in the Solomons) =
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that be sold as surplus. It allowed manufacturers to make brand-new stuff,
which otherwise would not have happened. It gets the economy moving again.

Steve.
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I believe you are correct for the most part. And that would be fine and =
good for vehicles that are also produced for the public. What about =
vehicles that the civvy market does not produce? Like right hand drive =
vehicles that some people have a valid need for. (My wife is a rural mail =
carrier and we had to purchase a vehicle for her.)
And now they are surplusing pickups and SUVs and bunches of other stuff, =
but no jeeps. What gives? They ought to at least be consistent. I also =
don't like the fact that I've already paid for items they are destroying. =
If someone came up with a way to market surplus better I'll bet we could =
stimulate the economy without all the waste. Waste drives me nuts. =
That's why I like this list. We all have a basic desire to preserve the =
rare.

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