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To: gpowell who wrote (36360)	7/27/2005 4:10:18 AM
From: shades	Respond to of 306849

Ok I have read on the wisdom of crowds - and the better we can inform each of our citizens - the better we can make decisions using this wisdom of crowds - but when you have statesmen and entities that have agendas to obfuscate and confuse - when you have political leaders that understand less of the data that is thrown at them every day - it really worries me. When a key policy maker asks greenspan why social security is a problem - cant he just print more money - that someone at that level has such a basic lack of understanding of economics it is disturbing to me. That we can elect leaders but then not educate them to be effective in the offices they must serve is a true failing of our society. That person should have been forced into some economics and finance classes after such a silly comment. With the computing power we have today and economic groups it leads me to believe we do have the ability to get the relevant data to the right "brain" that is central to a good decision making process - and that if we are not it is by deliberate means. I liked this one by Hayek - I was amazed this last election at the life long democrats I saw vote in Bush. Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom. thebullandbear.com The guys at mensa couldn't beat the index.