people think that can't happen here, but I'm not so sure myself. The governments numbers wouldn't survive an audit and when I dig deeper, I find they are based on a phone survey
and it just keeps getting worse the deeper I dig. Sometimes I think I would be better turning off the computer and working on cars during the day and enjoying other things in the evening.. Oh well. On 4/16/2010 6:03 AM, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: > Virgil Bierschwale wrote: > >> I'm not up to speed on where ever you live at.. >> what made it better.. >> what is better? >> >> >> > This is Argentina. We had 60,000 people "disappear" by a military > government, sometimes over politics and sometimes just to rob their > property, or bed a wife. Businessmen who were ok with govvt took debt > abroad, then govt took care of that debt. We finally got them out after > the Falklands war, but the country was an economic disaster and > institutions were non existent, had 20% inflation *a month*. To make it > short, we finally defaulted our debt, got kicked out of the financial > circuits, etc. > Now we've had 7 years at 8% growth. This last year things are worse but > we didn't get hit so much thanks to the fact that primary products get a > good price abroad. > None of this was done whining. I hope we learned to work with your > rivals when they've won, instead of damning everything they do and > destroying it next time we are in power. We still have a lot to learn > and lots of chances for disaster, but we are doing better, with ups and > downs. Current govt is not liked at all, but no one thinks about > interrupting it. It will be outvoted next time. > > >> On 4/15/2010 10:33 PM, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: >> >> >>> Virgil Bierschwale wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> ok, I'll bite. >>>> What did your protesting get you? >>>> are you better off? >>>> Worse off? >>>> The same? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> We are much better off. But protesting had nothing to do with it. >>> >>> > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
