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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (748484)	9/1/2006 12:53:40 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"the longer they resist moving to free market rates, the GREATER the problems that will be produced, and the more harm that will be imposed around the world. The problems are ALREADY huge." They can cause a steady improvement in their economy by slowly releasing the wealth they are shedding through artificially repressing their currency. As we have learned through many election cycles when people perceive that the leaders are improving their individual lots even perjury seems to some to be a minor issue and not a crime. By slowly equalizing the exchange rate the communist bosses virtually insure that they can never be overthrown. Revolutions don't take hold when there is not either deep economic gloom or too rapid change for the people to assimilate. "you've got THAT ONE 100% backwards! :-)" Maybe you see it that way. You have not persuaded me on this point. "What they are AFRAID of is that, if they don't keep the prosperity spreading out among the common people... mostly among the huge numbers of rural poor, that the poor will RISE UP and over-throw the Communist Party Bosses." Slow change ensures the continuous perception of improvement. This cements their control. Control is what they want.