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Speaker 1: Tell you what. I'm conflicted in the age of tariffs

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Speaker 1: and free trade and making stuff that the world wants,

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Speaker 1: how is it A government can then argue that you've

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Speaker 1: got to buy wool if you are redecorating, rebuilding, refurbishing,

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Speaker 1: A major chunk of your consideration will be around cost.

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Speaker 1: Of course, can wool outprice what might be your desire

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Speaker 1: for the cheapest product going No, it cannot can wall

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Speaker 1: mount an argument that over time it pays its way. Possibly,

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Speaker 1: then we come to the patriotic Should we support things

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Speaker 1: we're good at? I think so? Probably. If you're a regular,

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Speaker 1: you will know that no one loves wool more than me.

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Speaker 1: I would pay anything to support wool. I'm a natural

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Speaker 1: fiber geek. Polyester should be a crime and banned. Funnily enough,

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Speaker 1: I read a report yesterday about the return of fur.

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Speaker 1: Fake fake fur is now so good you can't tell

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Speaker 1: the difference. But it's made out of petrochemicals of course,

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Speaker 1: So in banning the real thing, to say the animals,

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Speaker 1: we simply set about trashing the earth more to quell

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Speaker 1: the demand for fur that never really went away. The

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Speaker 1: demand for cheap flooring is driven solely by price of course,

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Speaker 1: wool for what it lacks and price does make up

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Speaker 1: for and vibe. I mean it's amazing, amazing and carpet

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Speaker 1: amazing in Jersey. But are the government picking winners or

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Speaker 1: the government artificially backing one over another? And if they

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Speaker 1: are in that business, where's the line? Why is it

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Speaker 1: okay to make you buy wool, but at the same

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Speaker 1: time allow any number of new building products into the

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Speaker 1: market to cheapen the price of the building a house.

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Speaker 1: Why aren't they making us buy a jib price one day,

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Speaker 1: quality the next. There's an inconsistency in that. You see,

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Speaker 1: the woolfan in me says, go for it. Wool needs

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Speaker 1: and deserves help. It's been badly treated and if this

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Speaker 1: program makes a difference, then we can all feel good

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Speaker 1: about it. But the purest in me says, for a

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Speaker 1: free trader, we favor quality and will is quality. But

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Speaker 1: the reason we don't make a lot of stuff is

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Speaker 1: because we can't make it at a price we want

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Speaker 1: to buy it at. And that is smart, sensible business.

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