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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Michael Sphar who wrote (1216)	8/15/1998 6:36:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13994

I voted for the Democrats because I didn't like the way the Republicans were running the country. Which is turning out to be like shooting yourself in the head to stop your headache. * Jack Mayberry

To: Michael Sphar who wrote (1216)	8/15/1998 11:22:00 PM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13994

The Japanese have been fiddling around with financial reform for most of this decade. This contagion falls squarely on their shoulders. Their corruption and close ties to the corrupt financial institutions have come home to roost. They've been trying to hide as much of it as they can. They were hoping foreign investments using subsidized government rates of 0.5% would bail them out. Instead, they made more bad loans and bad foreign stock investments.