Re: Ping Larkin

On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:57:57 -0800 (PST), dagmargoodboat@xxxxxxxxx
wrote:

On Nov 2, 5:22 pm, ChrisQ <m...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote:

Shooting politicians and bureaucrats would be more effective ;-)

My sentiment as well, but someone has to run run the country and try to
balance the budgets.

You meant "unbalance," right?

It would help the west if we all stopped exporting
jobs to China, but you can blame global multinationals for that, who
have no interest other than shareholder value. We all want free market
economics, but business is now too powerfull for the good of nations.
Finding the right balance is not a job I would want.

But heck, what would I know, being in europe ?...

Businesses powerful? Businesses are lucky to make 10%. So if you try
to take an extra 10%, they leave (or die). Outsourcing is just
capital fleeing oppression.

Both the oil companies and the health insurance companies run ballpark
4% profit on revenues. And most people hate them for that 4%.

John

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