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Old 10-05-2008, 05:02 PM   #32 (permalink)
Charlatan
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If you really want to increase inspections on imports but do not want the government (read: the citizens) to pay for this then just make strong laws with significant consequences that punish those who import the goods. Make the importers liable for their products.

If the consequences are significant enough, this will do a few things:

1) it will cause the importers to put pressure on their suppliers to provide them with products that meet the standards.
2) it will raise the price of imports
3) it will level the playing field (or make it closer to level) when comparing the costs of imports vs. domestic
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