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To: KyrosL who wrote (21878)	9/2/2007 9:35:15 AM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217857

Excellent points. I would expect, in China's case, that wise use of excess reserves would be mobilized to some smaller or larger extent to fund infrastructure and environmental remediation. This in my view would be the most prudent way to spend them. The remediation and infra needs are enormous. A trillion dollars would simply be a good start. I certainly hope the Chinese don't fumble by spending excessive amounts on their military.

To: KyrosL who wrote (21878)	9/2/2007 10:34:58 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217857

Cash that won't fly to 'quality'. 1.3 trillion China and 1.6 trillion OPEC countries to be precise. I know where is somewhere. We are waiting.

To: KyrosL who wrote (21878)	9/2/2007 10:49:07 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217857

Pile of cash (OPEC+China) => Iran and Iraq to develop oil. No bubble it goes to rebuild both countries. Pressure is on the US to get out of here and let business proceed.

To: KyrosL who wrote (21878)	9/2/2007 3:11:43 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217857

In transparency it beats the Russians and Chinese. In demographics it beats Russia whose population is going down at tune of 700K a year. Malaysians, Thais and the Philipinnes have religious and ethnic problems unknown there a single language and a single religion (that's what they say they profess) in a continent size country. (Compare that with India to see what I'm alluding too. The only problem is social divide. The sixth worse distribution of income in the planet. Now this social divide is being taken care off: combatting violence, poverty and low education: Lula Announces $3.28 Billion Crime Fighting Plan for Brazil Bloomberg - Aug 20, 2007 ``We're investing in intelligence and betting all our chips on saving our young people and their future from violence,'' said Lula. ... Lifting Families Out of Poverty in Brazil World Bank Group, DC - Aug 22, 2007 The Bolsa Família Program (BFP) was launched in October 2003 as President Lula’s flagship social program in support of his “Zero Hunger” initiative. Brazil forecasts US$ 1.76 trillion budget for next four years ANBA, Brazil - Aug 31, 2007 The government included, in the PPA, the Education Development Plan (PDE), which aims at improving basic education, reducing illiteracy rates, ... We are getting there step by step... hey, those Arabs here -with their major plan to get oil to the east- are a nice target group for our exports. let them get their act together... Brazil is going to leave a few great pretenders in the dust.