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Henry Clay: A Voice From the Past that Congress Should Listen To
Henry Clay's "American System," devised in the burst of nationalism that followed the War of 1812, remains one of the most historically significant examples of a government-sponsored program to harmonize and balance the nation's agriculture, commerce, and industry. This "System" consisted of three mutually re-enforcing parts: a tariff to protect and promote American industry; a national bank to foster commerce; and federal subsidies for roads, canals, and other "internal improvements" to develop profitable markets for agriculture…. Clay argued that a vigorously maintained system of sectional economic interdependence would eliminate the chance of renewed subservience to the free-trade, laissez-faire "British System."
The U.S. Congress should start by looking at it’s own website. Then proceed to immediately implement LaRouche’s 4% interest rate and his Three-step solution.
http://www.larouchepac.com/news/2008/08/14/henry-clay-voice-past-congress-should-listen.html
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Please deliver us from the Laroucheites.
August 15, 2008 11:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
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