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To: RightWhale; NYer; The Mayor
This example is of one of the flaws in having a democratic form of gov't. If such things happen in sub-Sarahan Africa nobody is surprised. We need to wake up and be aware of this while we are busy state-building other places.

Good point. The thieves are not only stealing taxpayers' assets they are exploiting our freedoms, undermining democracy, corrupting our way of life and reducing the glories of the USA to the base level of a Third World banana republic.

67 posted on 03/03/2005 11:01:59 AM PST by Liz ("There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men." Edmund Burke)
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To: Liz

An audit is needed in every school district across this state.

One can only wonder why our taxes are so bloody high here.

Jeeeeesh!


68 posted on 03/03/2005 11:10:54 AM PST by The Mayor (http://www.RusThompson.com)
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To: Liz

Another example of one of the big problems in developing countries is rent-seeking. This leads to corruption and cronyism, and there are some signs of the tendency beginning in the USA such as in New London. We don't need the state to be involved in economy building here because we already have institutional demand, we need the state to be out of business. Iraq and Zimbabwe need to build institutional demand and reduce the scope of gov't. Different situations and we don't want to start creating problems that developing countries are trying to climb out of.


69 posted on 03/03/2005 12:17:13 PM PST by RightWhale (Please correct if cosmic balance requires.)
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