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To: tejek who wrote (221191)	2/28/2005 2:35:22 PM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1587946

Secondly, an example of a carrot would be providing low interest development loans or outright grants in return for free elections at the local level. This has never been done, as far as I can recall, so this is your theoretical "never applied in the real world" proposal? Probably not. Does that mean it can't work? Clearly, you have decided it can't. How GD arrogant of you! Who died and made you king? Well what exactly is your proposal? The US should tell Syria that if they elect their local school board we will buy 20% of the books? If Burma's trash collectors are allowed to unionize, the US will buy them new trucks? If Cambodia allows local townships to vote in mayors every three years in free and fair elections, the US will allocate interest free loans for construction of superior town halls?? It's amusing, but what the hey?!?!