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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (176313)	11/29/2005 3:03:52 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Democracy and capitalism are not equivalent. 'Communist' or, at least, 'autocratic' China has been growing at some 9% a year for years now. It mints millions of millionaires. The language we use to define political and economic structures suck. I've heard that if China raised the standard of living of all of its people to that of Mexico, it would use as much energy all by itself as the entire world does today. Ooops. I hope you're willing to bury nuclear waste in your backyard. China doesn't know if it has 1.2 or 1.5 billion people. Therefore, our 300 million is their rounding error. China has a long history of capitalism. If we don't knock off ruinous foreign ventures and ruinous tax&steal policies, we're going to fall very far behind and we're going to see the effects within the next decade.