An interesting view on social groups and their problems
Bert Freudenberg
bert at freudenbergs.de
Tue Nov 6 10:51:47 UTC 2007
Also, this came across as slightly US-centric.
- Bert -
On Nov 6, 2007, at 11:36 , gafisher wrote:
>>> "Emlpoyment below 5%, 4 years of solid (and occasionally spectacular
> growth), and the government revenues up following a tax cut
> (surprising only
> to the NYT)?"
>
> Heh heh. Stand by for "sure, but what KIND of jobs?" arguments,
> along with
> the ever-popular "war-based economy" dodge. C'mon, Blake, wake up;
> the
> glory years of the Carter administration must not be forgotten. We
> have
> seen paradise.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Blake" <blake at kingdomrpg.com>
> To: "The general-purpose Squeak developers list"
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> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 2:54 AM
> Subject: Re: An interesting view on social groups and their problems
>
>
>> On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:52:27 -0800, tim Rowledge
>> <tim at rowledge.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Makes a worrying amount of sense to me.
>>
>> I'm not sure why it should be worrisome; It wouldn't exactly be
>> tragic to
>> have to implement some controls for managing a community. Maybe
>> when all
>> those OLPC kids come 'round....
>>
>>> Happily a lot of us are gainfully employed right now (which
>>> amazes me
>>> considering the dreadful state of the US economy, but there you
>>> are)
>>
>> Hmmmm. Maybe it's not so surprising.
>>
>> http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.us.htm
>> http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdp_glance.htm
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/09/washington/09econ.html
>>
>> Emlpoyment below 5%, 4 years of solid (and occasionally spectacular
>> growth), and the government revenues up following a tax cut
>> (surprising
>> only to the NYT)?
>>
>> I could live with that kind of dreadfulness.
>>
>
>
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