Chris, What have you got against people trading with each other?
I know you are eager to control what people do, for their judgments are less worthy than yours - but couldn't you simply allow them to improve their lives by cooperating with each other - by letting them trade freely? Your Prodi quote is a typically elitist sneer born mostly out of envy and a false superiority. Harry ******************************* Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 818 352-4141 ******************************* > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:futurework- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christoph Reuss > Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 2:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Futurework] Italy and the Euro > > Reuters wrote: > > In this situation, the answer is to give the government greater > power to > > defend national industry from foreign competition and "to give > control > > over the exchange rate back to the government." > > It was clear from the beginning that this is the big mistake of the > Euro. > > ---- > > Ed Weick wrote: > > Almost everything you read about the EU these days suggests a > lot of > > disenchantment with the leadership and a fear of Turks and > Polish > > plumbers. The EU is a grand idea, but grand ideas don't always > put > > bread on the table or protect your special interests. > > The EU is a grand scheme to benefit predators -- the regional > implementation of globalization. > > ---- > > Brad McCormick wrote: > > I agree that the EU is "a grand idea". I am reminded of > > a certain definition of Europe: > > It's a big mistake to confuse the EU with Europe. > > > > Perhaps no idea is grand enough to > > withstand the withering, relentless assault of The New American > Dream of > > universal free-fall economic devolution aka deregulated free > > or at least all-consuming markets. > > If you scrap off the PR you'll realize that the EU is a regional > promoter > of free-fall economic devolution rather than a bulwark against it. > > Chris > > > ___________________________________________________ > "Going west was their [U$] enlargement. They found > the Rocky Mountains; we found Prague and Budapest." > --Romano Prodi, ex-head of the EU, on EU enlargement > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the > keyword > "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
