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1 posted on 09/09/2009 10:59:43 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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"good public health" Huh? Between the drinking and drug use? Russians live 12 years less than Americans. That also means they are unavailable for the last 12 years of highly productive work that Americans do.

Russia still has a massive centralized bureaucracy that still sets quotas and production figures.

Example: Russian military uses lots of chain-link fence. Something odd about the chainlink. The wire has to be twice as thick as what we use. I asked why? They explained that the chain-link makers have a quota based on weight, not length and the lack of competition and price-fixing led to thicker wire. The manufacturers just have to create enough to prevent imports.

No, Russia is still the Bear, with a few new dances...

2 posted on 09/09/2009 2:33:01 PM PDT by gandalftb (An appeaser feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last......)
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