At 09:14 PM 9/21/01, John D. Giorgis wrote:
>At 02:11 PM 9/17/01 +0200 Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM wrote:
> >This poses an interesting problem: should whoever rebuilds the WTC be paid
> >only the real costs, or should he be allowed to make a profit?
> >
> >The former will go against the very principles of capitalism. The latter
> >however would mean that someone would be making millions of dollars in
> >profits because of (IOW: he would be profiting from) the deaths of several
> >thousand innocent people...
>
>Its not interesting at all. In America, we see absolutely nothing wrong
>with making a profit.
>
>In this country, twe have an entire industry devoted to profiting from
>death - the life insurance industry.
Not to mention the mortuary industry: don't tell me they don't make a profit.
-- Ronn! :)
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