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To: sea_urchin who wrote (16461)	12/10/2002 1:18:42 PM
From: Ahda	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81003

Message #16461 from Searle Sennett at Dec 10, 2002 5:05 AM Darleen >you come up with very many negative issues about the US Yes, I do but for very good reasons. 1. The US economy appears to be on the way down with increasing, unpayable debt and increasing unemployment. As you know, the US economy is the dominant economy in the world. So, as they say, when the US catches a cold, the world gets pneumonia. Furthermore, the idea of investing in gold is, in fact, a bet against the USD, and therefore the US economy, and as you know, gold investing is what this thread is basically about. I basically agree with you but the US is dominant in the West. I think you will see a portion of this power shifting towards the East. 2. I have never seen US foreign policy more aggressive than it is at the moment. In fact, I fear what the US may do more than I fear any other nation. I am also upset about the stance the US has taken in the Mid-East where, instead of being an arbitrator, it has sided with one of the contestants. This, in my opinion, has heightened world tension and has also provoked further acts of terrorism. I attribute the condition of the Middle East more to the lax attitude of the UN in regards to Arafat's original request than anything else. Here in the US at present emotions are ruling when the administration came in they took the proper stance of an independent. It is too bad that people get force fed news and forget to use their own judgement. Right now in the ME you have two old buzzards hell bent on a feud. The country has forgotten they had a business economy and products that were respected world wide. Economies thrive when people focus on life and growth not war and death. Searle I have spent a whole darn morning thinking about how to reply to you . I could of started a book on my own political as well as economic beliefs. An economy cannot be productive when taxes due to extensive social programs become too costly. An economy cannot prosper when legal costs become one of the largest costs that must be budgeted into the operations of a business. We have too many many laws that are revised and changed too too frequently there is a cost in this that is negative for the economy. Here the administration could of been a plus. As far as the Iraq. Maya now has a hernia I think surgery will be this week this is emotion. She has also been seen by the fellow at UCLA whose paper you so kindly directed me too. I hope and I trust the inspectors from the UN will do their job. I want negative findings. Point blank the economy in CA stinks.