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[richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)]

Hi Don, normally I don't get into political debate, but I agree with lots 
of what you said. BTW, China ruled the world once too...

At 06:10 PM 3/18/2006, Don Dory wrote:
>...
>What is the answer?  First as you said, truly educate our children.  Ignore
>the fixed interests and demand a very high standard for the public education
>system.  Second, be very flexible when someone wants to build a
>manufacturing facility in your locale.  Three, allow those who create wealth
>to keep and invest it: if you confiscate wealth for the needy, then the
>wealthy will take their money and go elsewhere leaving the needy in even
>more need.  Four, pour money and attention into whatever is the new way;
>twenty years ago it was personal computers, ten years ago it was the web,
>five years ago it was 3G networks, now it is ?.  Last, we need to have
>compassion for those who are not making it in the brave new world, debtors
>prisons did not work and there is no way of knowing if the talents of those
>who are left behind today will not be the genius of tommorrow.  Someone who
>was a genius at Boolian Algebra in the 1500's didn't have many valuable
>skills then.
>
>Really, the only true change today is the speed of the change.  Once, Egypt
>ruled the known world.

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