[Vision2020] Economist Rankings of the World's Greatest

[Bill London]

K-
A much better example of government inefficiency is the incredible waste of 
the Iraq war...how many examples of totally non-audited expenses, suitcases 
of $100 bills, etc do we need to realize that this Republican administration 
was throwing piles of money away???
BL




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kai Eiselein, Editor" <editor at lataheagle.com>
To: "Dave" <tiedye at turbonet.com>; "vision2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Economist Rankings of the World's Greatest


>I don't know about today, with the "Quest cards" and all, but there used to
> be a thriving black market for paper food stamps.
> Recipients would simply sell their stamps for about half of the face 
> value,
> allowing them to purchase booze, drugs smokes... whatever their vice was.
> Government programs cannot and will not ever be as efficient as private
> programs for the simple fact that the government has no motivation to do
> anything efficiently, after all it can just keep sucking money from the
> average working American.
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Dave" <tiedye at turbonet.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 11:50 AM
> To: "vision2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Economist Rankings of the World's Greatest
>
>> How about food stamps?
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> g. crabtree wrote:
>>> Spoken like a man who can't come up with a coherent answer for a rather
>>> straight forward question.
>>>
>>> "Just what mechanism for assistance do you envision that an "affluent 
>>> and
>>> technologically advanced" nation might come up with that would be less
>>> shameful?"
>>>
>>> Perhaps you simply were confused by my presentation. I'll try again.
>>>
>>> Privately operated food banks efficiently provide a needed service. How
>>> do
>>> you think it could be done better?
>>>
>>> g
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Windows, OSX, or Linux is the same choice as:
>> McDonalds, Burger King, or a (real) Co-Op.
>>
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