[extropy-chat] Enlightenment and the election

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:

> At 05:08 PM 11/9/2004 -0800, Greg wrote:
> 
> >    BTW, one tool I like to use to compare different systems is
> culling 
> > through the data at  www.nationmaster.com It always yields
> interesting results.
> 
> This is entertaining:
> 
> 27. <http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T//country/us/Economy>United
> States 
> $6702.42 per person
> 
> 42.
> <http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T//country/as/Economy>Australia 
> $4398.94 per person
> 
> Damned filthy socialists!

Facts taken in isolation are meaningless, Damien, you should be
intelligent enough to realize this. What are the relative incomes vs
tax burden? What are the relative immigration rates?

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Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Sadomikeyism


		
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