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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (15907)	2/2/2000 3:26:00 PM
From: John Lacelle	Respond to of 17770

Gustave, The BosNet news...sheesh. Those morons trigger a civil war that costs 1/4 of a million lives and destroys their country...now they whine about how the US just does not do enough for them. Screw em! -John

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (15907)	2/2/2000 8:04:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 17770

Rich And Poor Also, he said the ratio of real income per capita in the world's richest nations compared to the poorest had widened to 60- to-1 this year from 10-to-1 in 1900. In the U.S., he said 12 percent of the population remains below the poverty line even after years of strong economic growth. ``When all the consequences of inequality are considered, it is in fact a major threat to economic well-being of the global economy,' Rubin said. It ``creates understandable alienation and anger. At home, that can lead to crime, drugs and other social ills' such as damage to the environment, illegal immigration and disease. quote.bloomberg.com