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To: The Philosopher who wrote (85192)	3/23/2003 2:58:37 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

> we do not internalize the costs of infrastructure into other commodities The difference is that foreign aid, regime change, and positioning troops in Saudi are not "infrastructure" expenses. At least not in the normal sense of the word. I can see how having roads is a good use of my taxes. I can't say that I see why keeping that barbaric regime in power in Saudi is a good use of our money. ST

To: The Philosopher who wrote (85192)	3/23/2003 3:09:36 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<the costs of infrastructure> What a wonderful euphemism. I'll have to add it to my collection, along with "defensive preventive war" and "unlawful combatants" and "nation building". I'll sign on for externalizing (= paid by my taxes) the costs of hospitals and schools and roads. I might even be prepared to externalize the costs of that kind of infrastructure, in places like Afghanistan and Iraq, if that's what it takes to win the WarOnTerrorism. But the "infrastructure" of Empire, the bones and muscle of conquest and domination overseas, this I won't sign on for. Regime Change and Nation Building are UnAmerican; Jefferson and the other Founding Fathers would be ashamed of what we have become, and so am I.