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To: marek_wojna who wrote (3575)	5/11/2001 11:56:43 AM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

>>A.Hitler was probably same kind of nuttball, yet he still was democratically elected. << What an argument...if he were democratically elected, the word "MACHTERGREIFUNG" would not have such strong sad macabre sound to it in German. CoBlue: Thanks for debunking LaRouche. Had the same far-off impression but a clear light into the dark was all we needed. And it's the way to go: in active fashion - to illuminate - and in passive mode - to use your eyes to see -.

To: marek_wojna who wrote (3575)	5/11/2001 12:42:29 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 74559

>>vast wealth of US is coming from the poverty of others<< You said that, but you didn't say how. The US doesn't own the IMF, and doesn't benefit from it. Your belief reminds me of a joke my father-in-law used to make - "The Mexicans complain that not only did we take their land, we took the part with the best roads." The joke, of course, is that we built the roads. The second largest economy in the world, Japan, and the third largest economy in the world, Germany, were devastated by WWII, which they started. Who got them back on their feet? The US. Who buys Chinese goods? The US. If other countries don't want to sell us goods anymore, all they have to do is stop. But I don't think they think we are causing them poverty, I think they think we are giving them wealth. Who's mad at us? Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Cuba. All countries we refuse to do business with. Gee, I wonder why they are mad? Could it be because they want US dollars? Don't know if you read Aesop's fables. There is a fable about the fox who tries to get the grapes at the top of the grapevine, but no matter how hard he jumps, the grapes remain out of reach. "Oh, well," the fox says, "the grapes were sour anyway." If we were to start doing business with the countries you list, they'd fall all over themselves trying to get dollars. Right now, they can't have the dollars, so they say they don't want them. It would be very simple for the US to stop running a deficit in the balance of trade. Quit buying foreign goods. US GDP is about $10 trillion. That's what we produce, every year. World GDP is about $30 trillion, which includes US GDP. I don't think we are bankrupt. I think most of the rest of the world is bankrupt, and impoverished, and in desperate need of modernization. But maybe you are one of the people who believes that the Sudan has a better record on human rights?