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To: Moominoid who wrote (67176)	8/9/2005 10:34:08 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

<<The big profits at the moment are in the financial sector>> ... yes, it is called inflation and mal-redistribution of wealth, and can be doubled at Greensputin's will or BurnAndKaput's whim. <<then energy>> ... not really, and even when so, it is a tax, to be applied to workers (less and less of them) who are also taxed via higher property assessment <<a few Microsofts>> ... very few, and we must not count the bio-techs which exclusively provide solutions to tiny problems. <<The net saving in the economy is too low of course to fund the real investment hence the trade deficit>> ... plenty of investment going on, in China and India. The system is planet wide and open. <<But the way the US system currently works is that the firms save on behalf of their shareholders>> ... :0) <<on SI, mainstream economics isn't very popular :) >> ... bingo :0) saw a neat quote somewhere, "you are either a contrarian, or a victim" ;0)