On Friday 21 February 2003 05:15 am, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: > On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 22:26:18 -0700 > > Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wednesday 19 February 2003 09:53 pm, Net Llama! wrote: > > > --- Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Wednesday 19 February 2003 07:39 pm, Net Llama! wrote: > > > > > --- Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >
> > Yes, I'm in the minority who believes that capitalism is a positive word, > > and socialism is a negative word. I don't belittle countries like Sweden > > that have chosen socialism, but I personally don't want to see any more > > socialism in American government than we already have. > > Oddly, I see Sweden as getting less socialistic, and the US more so. I may > go so far as to say that at this time they are more similar than you may > think. In Sweden, taxes are lowering and government programs are > decreasing. A big part is the European Union. But it is also a feeling that > there has been too much government waste. The stockholm subway was recently > privatized. The train system must pay for itself. Far far fewer government > subsidies for them. I read in this morning's Stockholm newspaper that 'free > schools' - which are more paid for by individuals than by the government > and are called free because they are free from direct control by the > government, are so prevalent that some government schools may be closed. > > The world is just so dynamic. Concepts and ideas about other places need > continual adjustment. I wish the news services in the US would report more > on the rest of the world so people there would see this. I do think people > are interested. If they get a chance. We all have the same human curiosity > about each other. Being an American by birth, I feel I can say that I > object to it when people say Americans don't care about the rest of the > world. You are very right. It would be great if we Americans and our news services took more of an interest in world events, but we don't. The witicism was making the rounds during the recent Afghan war that the average American could not find Afghanistan on the map! I'm as guilty as anyone of thinking that Sweden has remained a static cradle to grave socialist state. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area Athlon-XP gentoo 1.4_rc2 kde 3.1 _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/general
