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75 posted on 09/12/2002 4:19:12 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Thnaks for the ping!
77 posted on 09/12/2002 4:40:41 PM PDT by dixiechick2000
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""I wish I could make a total redistribution [of wealth]," Snyder said. "Things are going to change. They have to," she added."

Things will change when we eradicate socialist's like her !!

Stop the attacks on our Freedoms by, the brain dead, wacko, extreme left-wing, lunatic fringe, dirt worshipping Green Jihadist, enviro-nazis terrorist's and their toadies in the media !!

Death To All Tyrant's !!

Freedom Is Worth Fighting For !!

Molon Labe !!

FMCDH !!

F.I.R.E. !!

79 posted on 09/12/2002 5:04:05 PM PDT by blackie
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Thanks for the ping, TJ. This isn't just "opinion." It's pure B.S...history, econ, philosophy, ethics and mathematics all debunk the socialist "theory."

From: A World Free of Wealth

Actually, if they want to help the poor, Bank officials should focus less on "inclusion" and more on freedom - because that's the real antidote to poverty. This is confirmed by the "Index of Economic Freedom," published annually by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation. This guidebook ranks nations by how economically free they are. It consistently shows that people who live in countries with the fewest economic restraints are wealthier than those in economically repressed countries.

Take Haiti and the Dominican Republic, two developing countries with a common border. The 2001 Index shows that of the 155 countries graded, Haiti ranks 137th, while the Dominican Republic is 59th. So what? Well, the answer to that question is this: Thanks to a more market-oriented economy that features low tax rates, Dominicans earn nearly five times as much as Haitians: an average of $1,799, compared to Haiti's $370.

Examples like these abound. So why the Bank's misdiagnosis? Partly because of what it sees in the former Soviet Union. We've poured billions into many of these countries, and they're worse off today than under Soviet rule, Bank officials say. So capitalism obviously doesn't work.

But as the United States and other democracies have shown, capitalism isn't just the absence of socialist-style economics.

The reason should be clear: All the loans in the world are no substitute for economic reform - for freedom. Countries that want to be rich don't need charity; they need to unshackle their people's economic potential. Perhaps then the Bank can adopt a new slogan: "Our Dream is a World That's Really Rich."

80 posted on 09/12/2002 5:13:30 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl
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We're going to need 16 more planets if everyone aspires to be like an average American," Snyder added.

That's why we should speed up space exploration and find and colonize those planets.

"I wish I could make a total redistribution [of wealth]," Snyder said. "Things are going to change. They have to," she added.

I see. Rush called this one a long time ago.

82 posted on 09/12/2002 6:43:18 PM PDT by altair
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Thanks for the heads up!
87 posted on 09/12/2002 7:41:24 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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BTTT!!!!!
94 posted on 09/13/2002 3:07:50 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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Thanks Tailgunner Joe, Please keep me on your list.
100 posted on 09/13/2002 4:41:19 PM PDT by dinasour
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