Re: Our Anti-Merit System

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From: Mark Richards
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 05:58

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"CKIM" <nobody@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> I thought I settled this with the links to two articles, which I posted
> previously. Zaire (now called Congo) has been ruled since its independence
> by whoever is backed by the US and Europe. There was an opposition
> candidate, who wanted to loosen ties with the West, but he died under
> mysterious circumstances.

I didn't get the same impression from the articles. Even if the leader is
supported by the West - a more dubious claim since the end of the Cold War -
it doesn't mean Europeans control the mineral wealth. In fact one article
said the mines have essentially ceased functioning, which wouldn't sit too
well with European owners.

.
>
> Are you kidding me? Business cycles are a way of life; they've existed for
> as long as free enterprise has.

That's the point. We didn't have a national bank, and a lot of voters
thought that was just fine. The Federal Reserve was sold as an institution
to finally eliminate boom-and-bust, so it was voted in. But it didn't work.

Did you know that once in Holland, there was
> once a boom in tulip bulb prices that led people to invest in them
> irrationally? Some tulip bulbs were going for the equivalent of $100.
Then,
> the prices collapsed and Holland sunk into a depression.

I know. I have a financial friend whose favorite subject is our economy. He
claims we have a bubble so big it'll make the tulip craze seem like a
passing fad. When our house of cards goes, it'll be the end of us all. But
then, he's been saying that for almost ten years.

> Suppose that man, along with the millions of others who are locked out of
> the economy by narrow-minded people, decide to riot and burn down the city
> where you live.

I don't see how he's locked out of anything. But even so, I'd hate to think
handouts are a payoff to keep thugs from attacking us. That'd be like paying
tribute to pirates.

Mark

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From: "Mark Richards" <markrichards8@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Our Anti-Merit System
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