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To: Mortimer Snavely
My questions get to the heart of freedom vs. fascism/socialism in the economy, to the exclusion of product, international politics, and international economics.

They are quite simple, and have nothing at all to do with "the situation today". They are applicable today, 226 years ago, and will be applicable in 226 more years. Question 3 and 6 also detect some level of economic knowledge of the answerer.

Since you won't answer my questions, I'll take up the slack here and answer yours, even though yours are laughibly complex for a Yes-or-No response. A person could write a whole book on any one of those questions to cover the myriad situations and the resulting dynamics.

Trade with our enemies? Generally yes. However only of course for product not restricted by US law, such as illicit drugs, and secret technology. The idea is that we are proportionately less likely to be attacked, and likely to create collaboration with any country with which we do business. They in effect would kill the golden goose by harming us. But if they have nothing to lose by attacking us, well then.....

The US is the economic superpower of the world because of our freedom. The more government intervention, the less freedom we have. The less freedom we have the less power we have. The other countries of the world continue to bear that out.

70 posted on 01/06/2002 3:22:54 PM PST by HighWheeler
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To: HighWheeler
"They in effect would kill the golden goose by harming us. But if they have nothing to lose by attacking us, well then....."

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Keep on thinking that. You'll have lots of friendly relations in East Asia. You can even make big money by living over there and amusing the natives by speaking the language and appearing on TeeVee talking about how sloth and avarice are the root causes of American economic decline. Until, of course, they can get someone younger and cuter to do it.

You have absolutely no idea of what you're saying.

82 posted on 01/07/2002 5:26:39 AM PST by Mortimer Snavely
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