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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (4780)2/22/2008 10:23:19 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 42652
 
It has to be done. There is no alternative.

No, it doesn't have to be done. What has to be done is to keep the free rider level down to the point where it can never threaten our democracy. It's naive to put your bet on our populist leaders. Their constituency is the great unwashed.



To: Mary Cluney who wrote (4780)2/22/2008 10:58:34 PM
From: Peter Dierks  Respond to of 42652
 
"I believe that populist leaders can be intelligent, idealistic, and govern for the greater good of all people.

That is not easy to do, but it can be done. It has to be done. There is no alternative."

Can you name one in the last century in America? The closest I can think of is Ronald Reagan. Maybe Teddy Roosevelt, but certainly no others come close.


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