Keith why do you keep ducking the facts 1) the IMF recommended privatization and cutting back on social services 2) you recommended privatization and cutting back on social services 3) Argentina followed those recommendations 4) Argentina went into the toilet you accurately described.
Bruce Leier > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith Hudson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 1:51 AM > To: Bruce Leier > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: IMF not my baby (was RE: Cry for Argentina > > At 21:19 26/06/02 -0500, you wrote: > >Let's get this straight Keith. > > > >You don't like the IMF. They have no legitimacy. > > > >You recommend the same actions the IMF demanded from Argentina. > > > I have no idea what the IMF is "demanding" (?) from Argentina at the > present time. > > > >But you don't support their remedies. > > > I have no idea what the IMF is "demanding" (?) from Argentina at the > present time. > > > >You just agree with them? > > > I have no idea what the IMF is "demanding" (?) from Argentina at the > present time. > > > >I don't get what you are saying. > > > I've already written that, probably, whatever Argentina's own economists > say would be the best strategy for their country would probably be the > best. But it's unlikely that their advice will be followed because > Argentina still suffers from deep cultural characteristics (like widespread > official corruption at many levels, provincial warlordism, repeatedly > welching on its debts in the past 150 years, etc) which militate against it > becoming a modern state anytime soon. Indeed, Argentina has more > resemblances to Afghanistan than it has to the countries from which it is > asking for aid and is seeking to emulate. In terms of civic responsibility > and maturity, it hasn't reached the 20th century yet, never mind the 21st. > > I hope you've got it now. > > Keith Hudson > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ > > Keith Hudson,6 Upper Camden Place, Bath BA1 5HX, England > Tel:01225 312622/444881; Fax:01225 447727; E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________________________ > ______
