[ExI] Money and Human Nature (was Re: Capitalism, anti capitalism, emotional arousal)

[spike]

>. On Behalf Of Stefano Vaj
Subject: Re: [ExI] Money and Human Nature (was Re: Capitalism, anti
capitalism, emotional arousal)

 

2011/11/12 spike <spike66 at att.net>

>>.I am trying to imagine doing that with greenbacks, and seeing a pile of
hundred dollar bills in the trash.

>.BTW, the communist regime in Viet Nam never abolished money, not even
foreign exchange and it was incredibly naive of them to put all their wealth
in the currency of the regime about to be defeated...-- Stefano Vaj

 

They didn't.  They had some of it in the form of gems and finished jewelry.
That fact allowed them to barter a hazardous path out of Vietnam, escape
into India, and later to France, then on to California, where they
eventually became my next door neighbors.  All three daughters are highly
successful.  The oldest runs a catering business, the second is an
electronics parts buyer who speaks four languages, the youngest went to
Harvard on a scholarship, served in the Peace Corps, is now a paralegal.

 

America is still the land of opportunity.

 

spike

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