As I pointed out with Canada...

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As I pointed out with Canada...

Tom Brosz — 11/9/2004 5:30:48 PM (archived)

It's a little easier to provide freebies for a population that is about 7 percent that of the United States. How many illegal immigrants stream over YOUR borders every day? It's a bit easier to do that here.

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Poverty in England - Tom Brosz - 11/6/2004 12:58:11 AM
- Well, I read it and now I have a headache - Mary Anne - 11/7/2004 4:44:38 PM
  - Welfare cultures - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2004 12:45:10 AM
    - Your ideologically driven thread - Daniel - 11/9/2004 3:48:03 PM
      - As I pointed out with Canada... - Tom Brosz - 11/9/2004 5:30:48 PM
        
        hey, wait a minute - - Daniel - 11/9/2004 6:54:51 PM
        
        The emmigrant problem is significant - FrankC - 11/10/2004 9:54:42 PM
        
        an example of health care cost in the US - FrankC - 11/10/2004 10:05:03 PM
        
        Ok, then I confine myself to general principles - Daniel - 11/9/2004 5:50:24 PM
        
        re: general principles - Tom Brosz - 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? - LJ - 11/8/2004 8:05:01 PM
      - Private vs. public - Tom Brosz - 11/9/2004 9:23:50 AM
        
        "In the private sector, when you run out of customers..." - LJ - 11/9/2004 11:14:53 PM
        
        Businesses have competitors. Government agencies don't. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/10/2004 3:40:20 AM
        
        Only when businesses decide the market served by the government agencies isn't worth going after. - Mary Anne - 11/11/2004 1:04:47 PM
        
        Oh, by the way... - Tom Brosz - 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? - Mary Anne - 11/12/2004 4:51:05 AM
        
        Slim? Yes. - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2004 6:02:06 AM
        
        Blue babies - Mary Anne - 11/12/2004 6:14:46 AM
        
        re: Blue babies - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2004 6:46:34 AM
        
        BTW - Mary Anne - 11/12/2004 2:33:06 PM
        
        The line is the one we draw ourselves. - Mary Anne - 11/12/2004 2:23:52 PM
        
        Budgets - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2004 11:05:17 PM
        
        All the numbers need three more zeros at the end. - Mary Anne - 11/13/2004 2:15:36 AM
        
        P.S. - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2004 11:09:36 PM
        
        True enough, but that also works two ways... - Tom Brosz - 11/11/2004 10:31:48 PM
        
        Liberals are a lot happier when everyone has a way to get around. - Mary Anne - 11/12/2004 4:58:27 AM
        
        This isn't getting anywhere. - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2004 6:12:05 AM
        
        I'm not talking about *the* Yugo. I'm talking about *your* Yugo. It's a symbol. - Mary Anne - 11/12/2004 6:24:35 AM
        
        Government regulation - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2004 6:53:20 AM
        
        Robber barons and their voracious behavior precipitated government regulation. - Mary Anne - 11/12/2004 2:45:24 PM
  - Circular Logic - Mark Eby - 11/7/2004 6:17:30 PM
    - Bandaids for hemmorhages - Mary Anne - 11/7/2004 6:41:13 PM
      - Your Not Addressing The Rejection Of Help Issue - Mark Eby - 11/7/2004 7:37:04 PM
        
        I did. You're not listening. But I'm not speaking in a straight line, either. - Mary Anne - 11/7/2004 10:37:54 PM
        
        A Significant Fraction & Maybe A Majority But Not An Overwhelming One - Mark Eby - 11/7/2004 11:33:41 PM
        
        But why are they self-destructive? - Mary Anne - 11/8/2004 12:40:14 AM
        
        Why are Jerry Springer's guests idiots? - Lee - 11/8/2004 8:12:46 AM
        
        You've interviewed them? - Mary Anne - 11/8/2004 11:47:39 AM
        
        Good question. - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2004 12:50:40 AM
        
        It might be because we didn't ask. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 11/8/2004 2:12:29 AM
- Dubyuh will show a thing or two to those commie ingrates (n/t) - Dame Maggie - 11/6/2004 7:43:23 AM

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