# Bickering about Biden and Buy American

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bickering-about-biden-and-buy-american/979493>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [February 8, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bickering-about-biden-and-buy-american/979493 "2023-02-08T16:19:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bickering-about-biden-and-buy-american/979493/41 "2023-02-09T23:42:34Z")

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Yes, protectionism between provinces is even more stupid than protectionism between two neighbors that are both free democratic countries.

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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bickering-about-biden-and-buy-american/979493/42 "2023-02-09T23:46:46Z")

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> [@Balthisar](#):
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> Of course, in right-to-work states, you don’t even have to pay the agency fees, which is the only real difference between right-to-work states (which has never caused a single union to collapse, by the way).

I am in such a state and our union seems to be doing fine after _Janus vs AFSCME_. (My union is part of AFSCME.)

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