this last year, 70% of that was product that came out of the midwest. so that s kind of the opportunity. because of what the chairman talked about in terms of russian ag potential, we think our market s going to grow by four to five times. and it hasn t grown up to this point in time because the whole country is starting to develop and move away from the russian-based equipment that is very low productivity type equipment to being high-productive farms. but that transition is now going on. to answer the second part of your question, our number one competitor over there is another western company out of germany. germany s given half the benefits of wto with russia. so if we don t pass it, what s going to happen is they immediately have a major benefit from a cost standpoint to us and instead of seeing our business grow four or five times, we ll see our business shrink. senator, i think one of the reasons why we re still small over there is because historic and geographic iss
normal. it reflects the bill difficulties we have had and it is an extreme shock to the economy which comes along pretty rarely. let me go back to the asian crisis i was observing these things but i was not in office. i was a little bit involved in the asian countries at the time who were trying to adjust. we had been for the mexican crisis. put a lot of money into mexico to ride that out. the exchange stabilization fund. i used to run that fun but did not know they have that kind of money. and i sense it was successful and mexico had a good recovery but there is a lot of political criticism over the money involved and why we had to get so deeply involved. then the asian crisis comes along and as i observed, the first reaction of the u.s. government was to stay away they said was an asian problem and don t want to get involved in every crisis in the world. thailand is a small country and that s all right and we don t need to jump in pare. indonesia is a much bigger co
but what is the answer to those here living, whose kids are living and performing and functioning and paying taxes? how do we deal with that populace? i think most americans, 70% agree with the border issue. who are doing a lot of our work by the way. what happens? i was with a dear friend the other day at breakfast andrew tisch who said if we asked every immigrant not to go to work new york would come to a halt. how do you dweel theal with tha unite lags? i m not trying to put you on the spot. you re not. i understand you what are saying. america is a nation of laws. we live by the rule of law. we have laws that are supposed to be enforced. we have thousands of people coming across our border illegally. so, we know that we have families that are already here in the united states. but we have got to get our border secured then we can deal with the other issues.
for where you cross the line relative to sexual harassment. is that a roaming eye? i enjoy flowers like everybody else. you know what i mean. no. no, not at all. not at all. well, i wouldn t say not at all. it depends upon what you mean. trying to get a sense of whether or not you re one of those guys that s a little too friendly and a little too cozy when you re with a co-worker. here s what i can tell you. okay. i know i never made any innuen innuendos with the lady that filed the complaint that we were talking about. none. i have no idea who is egging this on, who s on this witch hunt, but i am convinced and my staff and i are convinced that it is intended to, one, distract us, and it is a distraction. secondly, a lot of people have a problem with the fact that i m doing so well and i m so likeable. third, since they cannot shoot holes in my proposals, my plans, they re going to try to shoot holes in me the candidate. top of the hour. 6:00 on the east
is that a roaming eye? i enjoy flowers like everybody else. you know what i mean. no. no, not at all. not at all. well, i wouldn t say not at all. it depends upon what you mean. trying to get a sense of whether or not you re one of those guys that s a little too friendly and a little too cozy when you re with a co-worker. here s what i can tell you. okay. i know i never made any innuen innuendos with the lady that filed the complaint that we were talking about. none. i have no idea who is egging this on, who s on this witch hunt, but i am convinced and my staff and i are convinced that it is intended to, one, distract us, and it is a distraction. secondly, a lot of people have a problem with the fact that i m doing so well and i m so likeable. third, since they cannot shoot holes in my proposals, my plans, they re going to try to shoot holes in me the candidate. top of the hour. 6:00 on the east coast. good morning, everyone. welcome to morning joe. it