Posted on 02/15/2005 9:35:35 PM PST by maui_hawaii
Maui is cool.
their currency peg to the dollar.
"no one listens because I am convinced the ultra rich think only of themselves, and their immediate reward"
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Thinking of yourself and your immediate rewards is the essence of Capitalism. The genius of the market turns what at first appear to be 'selfish' means into productive and widely beneficial ends.
The 'ultra rich' comment makes me wonder if you'd be for more income redistribition.
bump for later
the united states never got japan to do completely what it wanted japan to do, so why will china?
the difference is, during the cold war the built up the japanese economy and other east asians as a hedge against china and the soviet union. the u.s. ignored japan's intransigence. and eventually the result was the over-inflated real estate market that protected japan's mom-and-pop marketing burst, causing a decade-long depression.
times have changed.
i left a "u.s." out.
put one in yourself!
I can't believe people post such things.
Ronald Reagan-80's communism evil
George W. Bush-00's communism good
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