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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (109332)	6/19/2001 1:41:57 PM
From: Don Lloyd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

hb - Don, this European tendency to bureaucratize society will continue until the limits of affordability are reached. one day the whole enchilada will just collapse upon itself imo, unless someone has the courage to steer the ship in a different direction real soon. but that is highly unlikely...the civil sector is so large in most European countries that no political party can hope to prevail by opposing its privileges and waste. so we'll probably have to wait for the system to exhaust itself. there is however an undercurrent of dissatisfaction in the populace that expresses itself more frequently of late...it's undefined as of yet, but one can sense that the sheep aren't all that happy with their sheepdom anymore. When von Mises proved the impossibility of Socialism, due to the lack of economic calculation using price signals, a loophole is left in that an external free market can provide a source of an approximation to free market prices. This can greatly extend the time to failure of the Socialist system as it attaches itself as a parasite to the free market system. Maybe some form of divide and conquer might help, say 200% tariffs on all French imports and exports. Or a tit for tat regulation scheme involving French products and companies. And full free trade privileges for Ireland, Italy, Spain, etc., if appropriate. Regards, Don