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To: Kirk © who wrote (46551)	5/10/2001 6:23:34 PM
From: Pete Young	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

"On a statistical basis, I'd expect China and India to turn out more brilliant minds than the US in the years ahead and they will be even more competition as their own industries grow. It will be interesting to see if the US will still lead in 50 years? Perhaps it will be with biotechnology and quantum or bio computing?" Does anyone remember that England ruled (and the Spanish and the Dutch before her), because of geography (lots of shoreline, strategically placed), and once that advantage became less important, so did England. The US has had a whole really nice continent loaded with all sort of natural resource goodies and homogeneous market to go with that, all to herself. We did some of the first R&D of the information age, and reaped the first advantages, but then again, so did England in the first stages of the Industrial revolution. P.S. Kirk, I like your last, nicest places theme. I beleive it's a winner, so much so that is where I live. (And yes, we have broadband available now...)

To: Kirk © who wrote (46551)	5/10/2001 6:42:15 PM
From: Brian Sullivan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

I'd also like to point out that the state of Washington has no state income tax and no capital gains tax. For those of you that still live in California with an effective 9.2% capital gains tax rate, you might want to consider relocating. Wait until you sell your home in California before selling your stocks otherwise the State Franchise Tax Board will try to make you pay 9.2% Gas Taxes, Sales Taxes and Property taxes are about the same as in California and Electricty is still much cheaper and continuously available.