> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alberto Monteiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 8:22 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: An Interview in Pakistan
>
>
> Nick Arnett wrote:
> >
> > In a world that has the resources to end
> > poverty, the reasons it continues are ignorance and
> > corruption.
There are not enough resources to end poverty. There are too many bad
leaders who have holes that can't be filled.
> >
> I think the reasons that poverty continues are greed and
> despise for the poor. The barriers that the economies
> of the so-called 1st world place on the export of
> 3rd-world countries and the voracity of the international
> capitalist empires to buy and destroy 3rd world companies
> are amazing.
>
> The corruption in the 3rd world countries are a
> small tip in comparison to the devastation caused
> by those companies.
>
> IMHO, of course.
I would agree. Without a government that respects property rights, you will
have nothing but poverty. Capitalism can't do its "damage" without a
respectable government.
Nerd From Hell
>
> Alberto Monteiro
>
>
