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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (49773)	5/10/2004 8:25:51 PM
From: AC Flyer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

>>a very tiny and very privileged elite of medical professionals who are, in a very real sense, a parasitical force on the public<< Call me if you ever need brain surgery, Ray. I am not an elite medical professional so you won't need to be concerned about compromising your values. Also, I'll open your skull for free, so we won't be adding any nonsensical sum to GDP. This particular insane obsession will get worse for you, Ray, because in an aging post-industrial society the percentage of GDP committed to medical care and medical technology will only go in one direction. Up. You must be a paranoid schizophrenic with grandiose delusions. There's no other explanation. Of course, Box was a psychopath (I guess it's sociopath these days). Ain't the net great? Where else could I pass the time of day with a sociopath and a paranoid schizophrenic?

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (49773)	5/10/2004 10:58:45 PM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Ray, Let's face it... 'economics' and the numbers currently used are really of very little help to anyone. Externalities alone often reverse hundreds of billions of supposed 'GNP'... then they get put in the positive column again when folks are PAID to clean it up. The whole concept that "economic growth is always good" is simply a misconception as to what the term even means. Get hard assets and don't lend nobody nothin! DAK