Re: OT : so this is what our troops are dying for in Afghanistan !

On 17 Aug 2006 13:19:19 +0200, David Brown
<david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[snip]

All things in moderation - that's all I'm really saying. Profits are
fine - "excessive" profits are not.

Who gets to decide the definition of "excessive"?

As you have said, economies that
are not capitalist based are not nearly as successful or happy for their
people (although they can as good or better in some ways - compare
Cuba's health system with the USA's).
[snip]

You spend too much time reading questionable media sources, rather
than having ANY first-hand knowledge.

Wonder why it is that every Cuban that can manage escapes to Florida?
It's not wealthy people, it's the poor.

Dictators always live nicely. Thompson for dictator, Brown for
garbage collector ;-)

...Jim Thompson
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