we already have programs like microloans. And I question whether South Korea actually has the sort of "now this is your checking account... don't overdraw it" sort of class you seem to envision as a panacea.
On 8/20/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > you aren't responding to the economic argument at all. > > Yet I am. I'm saying that the best thing for the economy is to train > our workers to make smart career, finance, and personal choices. Case > in point: South Korea. Case 2: Singapore. Case 3: Hong Kong. Case > 4: Japan. Case 5: UAE. > > And I'm hoping case 6 is Liberia. > > It's been shown again and again through programs like micro loans: > when you give people the tools and knowledge to make profit, and a > level playing field to compete on, the sky is the limit. When the > government steps in to regulate their market, entire countries > collapse. Case in point: USSR. Case 2: North Korea. Case 3: > Zimbabwe ... and on and on ... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:213749 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
