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To: Les H who wrote (135449)	11/21/2001 10:19:31 PM
From: robnhood	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Sounds to me more like they intentionally over hyped the strength of their contrived enemy much the same as they did with Iraq...

To: Les H who wrote (135449)	11/22/2001 11:19:29 AM
From: Don Lloyd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

THE DAILY RECKONING PARIS, FRANCE THURSDAY, 22 NOVEMBER 2001...THANKSGIVING DAY * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ...The U.S. Mint announced it was laying off 357 workers. Is the mint having trouble making payroll? No, instead, they've got the same problem as the telecoms - oversupply. "Tens of millions of dollars in unexpected coins [are] flowing into the economy," says the Philadelphia Enquirer, "as people scrounge through drawers, old suits, jars and cans for coins." Paul O'Neill called it the "Golden Age for the U.S. economy." It was supposed to be "the greatest period of wealth creation in history." But all over the nation, people are lifting up seat cushions to search for stray coins. They're finding so many that the mint has reduced its estimates of this year's demand for pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters from $23 billion to $15 billion. ..." Regards, Don