Fw: cost of subsidizing a prodigal son

2002-12-10 Thread Alypius Skinner
In my opinion, here is another fine example of domestic political expedience triumphing over economic rationality. Of course, money isn't everything, but one also has to ask: what will we ultimately have to show for our national "investment?" And why do our politicians persist

RE: cost of subsidizing a prodigal son

2002-12-10 Thread Pinczewski-Lee, Joe (LRC)
And why do our politicians persist in throwing good money after bad when it is so obviously counterproductive? Is NOT intuitively obvious. As a Zionist, albeit a supporter of the Oslo Process, I would ask why the support of Israel is so obviously counter-productive?

RE: cost of subsidizing a prodigal son

2002-12-10 Thread Driessnack, John
.obviously counterproductive? Why? You see NO benefits at all from these expenditures, is not one the fall of the Soviet Union? We countered each effort of the Soviet Union to expand in the cold war. So funds spent back as far as 1973 helped in that effort. Is fall of USSR a benefit that