Re: US dollar: modern history

royls_at_telus.net
Date: 07/03/04 

Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 18:27:40 GMT

On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 15:42:00 GMT, Johnny Marcos <johnny5@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>In Zimbabwe the gubbment has took the white owned farms by force - this is
>what you advocate as the proper way to dipose of economic rent?

How did the whites get the land?

Unfortunately, on form Mugabe is just going to give the land and its
rent to his cronies rather than recovering the rent for public
purposes. Liars will then claim that as an example of public
ownership of land.

-- Roy L

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