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Poverty in England
Tom Brosz
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11/6/2004 12:58:11 AM
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Here.
Not monetary, but cultural.
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Poverty in England
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Tom Brosz
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11/6/2004 12:58:11 AM
Well, I read it and now I have a headache
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Mary Anne
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11/7/2004 4:44:38 PM
Welfare cultures
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Tom Brosz
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11/8/2004 12:45:10 AM
Your ideologically driven thread
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Daniel
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11/9/2004 3:48:03 PM
As I pointed out with Canada...
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Tom Brosz
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11/9/2004 5:30:48 PM
hey, wait a minute -
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Daniel
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11/9/2004 6:54:51 PM
The emmigrant problem is significant
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FrankC
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11/10/2004 9:54:42 PM
an example of health care cost in the US
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FrankC
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11/10/2004 10:05:03 PM
Ok, then I confine myself to general principles
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Daniel
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11/9/2004 5:50:24 PM
re: general principles
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Tom Brosz
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11/9/2004 8:52:17 PM
If you fix a problem, what happens to a bureaucracy whose life depends on the existence of that problem?
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LJ
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11/8/2004 8:05:01 PM
Private vs. public
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Tom Brosz
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11/9/2004 9:23:50 AM
"In the private sector, when you run out of customers..."
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LJ
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11/9/2004 11:14:53 PM
Businesses have competitors. Government agencies don't.
(n/t)
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Tom Brosz
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11/10/2004 3:40:20 AM
Only when businesses decide the market served by the government agencies isn't worth going after.
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Mary Anne
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11/11/2004 1:04:47 PM
Oh, by the way...
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Tom Brosz
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11/11/2004 10:33:53 PM
Soooo.... private business is interested in areas where they can make slim to no profits because they can make money at it?
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Mary Anne
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11/12/2004 4:51:05 AM
Slim? Yes.
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Tom Brosz
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11/12/2004 6:02:06 AM
Blue babies
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Mary Anne
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11/12/2004 6:14:46 AM
re: Blue babies
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Tom Brosz
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11/12/2004 6:46:34 AM
BTW
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Mary Anne
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11/12/2004 2:33:06 PM
The line is the one we draw ourselves.
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Mary Anne
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11/12/2004 2:23:52 PM
Budgets
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Tom Brosz
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11/12/2004 11:05:17 PM
All the numbers need three more zeros at the end.
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Mary Anne
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11/13/2004 2:15:36 AM
P.S.
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Tom Brosz
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11/12/2004 11:09:36 PM
True enough, but that also works two ways...
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Tom Brosz
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11/11/2004 10:31:48 PM
Liberals are a lot happier when everyone has a way to get around.
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Mary Anne
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11/12/2004 4:58:27 AM
This isn't getting anywhere.
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Tom Brosz
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11/12/2004 6:12:05 AM
I'm not talking about *the* Yugo. I'm talking about *your* Yugo. It's a symbol.
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Mary Anne
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11/12/2004 6:24:35 AM
Government regulation
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Tom Brosz
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11/12/2004 6:53:20 AM
Robber barons and their voracious behavior precipitated government regulation.
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Mary Anne
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11/12/2004 2:45:24 PM
Circular Logic
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Mark Eby
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11/7/2004 6:17:30 PM
Bandaids for hemmorhages
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Mary Anne
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11/7/2004 6:41:13 PM
Your Not Addressing The Rejection Of Help Issue
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Mark Eby
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11/7/2004 7:37:04 PM
I did. You're not listening. But I'm not speaking in a straight line, either.
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Mary Anne
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11/7/2004 10:37:54 PM
A Significant Fraction & Maybe A Majority But Not An Overwhelming One
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Mark Eby
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11/7/2004 11:33:41 PM
But why are they self-destructive?
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Mary Anne
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11/8/2004 12:40:14 AM
Why are Jerry Springer's guests idiots?
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Lee
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11/8/2004 8:12:46 AM
You've interviewed them?
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Mary Anne
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11/8/2004 11:47:39 AM
Good question.
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Tom Brosz
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11/8/2004 12:50:40 AM
It might be because we didn't ask.
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Mary Anne
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11/8/2004 2:12:29 AM
Dubyuh will show a thing or two to those commie ingrates
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Dame Maggie
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11/6/2004 7:43:23 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.