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To: Les H who wrote (67333)	9/8/1999 10:28:00 AM
From: Skeeter Bug	Respond to of 132070

>>If they didn't spend so much time cooking the numbers, these government officials would be productive.<< yeah, but the nation's teenagers would have no time for homework! we could play the surge in cigar sales, though! ;-)

To: Les H who wrote (67333)	9/8/1999 10:55:00 AM
From: Don Lloyd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Les - (This was likely a response to the disappointing productivity numbers. If they didn't spend so much time cooking the numbers, these government officials would be productive.) The last thing in the world you should want is a productive government. Allowing them to cook the numbers just adds variety to their lives of deception. Let them have their salaries, their pensions, their kickbacks, their petty corruptions and their illusion of self-importance. Allowing them to become bored and dissatisfied only leads to worse mischief. Regards, Don