To: Raymond Duray who wrote (69879 ) 12/29/2004 1:00:22 PM From: Lazarus_Long Read Replies (2) | Respond to Funny you should mention it. I just returned from a month in Mexico. Nice gov't ridden, socialistic, share the poverty system down there. Gov't employees ALL OVER- -including soldiers and cops. So many cops they can afford to pay them nothing so they take bribes. Gave us yet another opportunity to buy a Mexican cop. Street light had a lit green left turn arrow, so I decided a left turn was OK. Sounds reasonable, right. Wrong. An old sign off to the side said "No Left". I didn't even see it (watching for the craziness that can happen on Mexican streets is a more than full time job), I turn, get pulled over. The cop decided the sign won. He wants my license and to haul me down to the stationhouse. He says the "fine" will be 400 pesos- -about $36 USD. Cost od cops is up down there. I want nothing to do with a Mexican jail. I pull it out and offer to pay on the spot. He takes it. No ticket, no receipt.Unbridled capitalism in the U.S. today is creating the most inequitable feudal system among OECD nations. The rates of infant mortality, hunger, lack of medical care and premature death are rising in the U.S., not falling. If this is your idea of "wealth for all", then you are a fool.
