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1191RE."you don't know what the stats would have been without the policy.&qc.hinton-7/17/2008
1190Perhaps that going too far..... ps i will have to say good bye for now....i havc.hinton-7/17/2008
1189It is what it is...average joe-7/17/2008
1188It's a cliche but I like it, No mater where you go, there you are.DMaA-7/17/2008
1187How about... "here I am"average joe-7/17/2008
1186What do you think of these universal public service ideas that come up from timeDMaA-7/17/2008
1185 "Sufficient" can be just about nothing in these cases. I have no TimF-7/17/2008
1184ps... Coefficient of Inefficiency is a semi-humorous attempt of C. Northcote Parc.hinton-7/17/2008
1183Its not easy to get someone or some thing to give up power once it has it.....otc.hinton-7/17/2008
1182Tim without sufficient stats there can be no direct understanding of the marketc.hinton-7/17/2008
1181 Certainly it CAN do it, but that ability, isn't an argument for the idea tTimF-7/17/2008
1180 You have to cut, or restrain the growth of, government programs if you want toTimF-7/17/2008
1179 I like the quote, but think perhaps "oppress" goes a bit to far. TimF-7/17/2008
1178conscription may not be typical but government can do it any time it wants. Thec.hinton-7/17/2008
1177I don't want to spam so maybe you want to check this out. I posted it on twoTideGlider-7/17/2008
1176<I> and lets not to forget, forsed conscription... </i> Forced coTimF-7/17/2008
1175sorry ,,i am off traveling tomorrow and am organizing while posting...... if yoc.hinton-7/17/2008
1174 Or at least there where a lot less stats. But the real blindness was IMO abTimF-7/17/2008
1173I agree. And that's a fine quote from Adam Smith.Sea Otter-7/17/2008
1172It implies the need for a full time standing army and navy ....and the organizinc.hinton-7/17/2008
1171remember FDR was flying blind re the economy. there were no stats available....c.hinton-7/17/2008
1170 Military power is almost without dispute, seen as something that should be conTimF-7/17/2008
1169 The TVA clearly produced a gross benefit. Whether or not it has produced a netTimF-7/17/2008
1168I have a feeling the former applies better to consumerism.c.hinton-7/17/2008
1167andrew carnagie ,when asked how he felt having sold US STEEL for 250,000,000 dolc.hinton-7/17/2008
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