russ
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response 27 of 29:
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Jun 4 04:02 UTC 2002 |
Re #19, #20: I think we are all disgusted when politicians try to
buy our votes with our own money. Or at least, we should be; too
many people have forgotten the observation of 2 centuries ago by
that fellow from France, that such is the way that republics perish.
Perhaps we should quantify how much public subsidy everyone gets
each year, and if it exceeds their taxes they don't get to vote.
Ditto for political contributions/lobbyists for corporations.
We should count the entire tax subsidy for gasohol against the
fuel-ethanol industry's taxes, to give just one example.
Re #23: I'd prefer to buy from Mexico, Taiwan, India or any of a
host of South American, Carribean and African nations, but I seldom
see goods from any of those places. I'd rather give money to
campesinos than whoever's favored by the Beijing regime this year.
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response 29 of 29:
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Jun 17 15:10 UTC 2002 |
Re #25: I have a WAV file from a Radio Havanna shortwave broadcast that
includes a tourism ad that references a Canadian travel agency, IIRC. I
could dig it up for you.
I've held onto it mostly because I find the Radio Havanna identification
amusing. They state they're broadcasting from "Havanna, Cuba, free
territory in the Americas."
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