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Re: Break Out the Cristal (trickle-down economics explained with champagne!)
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Wed, 26 Mar 2003 21:34:04 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:

So by what rationality would *you* use for saying that some countries are
superior to other countries?

Quality of life that they delliver to their citizens, and, more importantly,
that they're likely to deliver to their citizens in future.

It's not about size, it's not about population, it's not about military
might, it's not about resources, it's about the system of government and the
morals of the people.

I have no qualms at all saying that we are superior to (for example) DPRK,
our people are more free and are able to keep more of what their labor earns
them.

So you couldn't find fault with, then, the idea that Canada is superior to
America, because, as polls show, we have a better quality of life than
America--we were number 1, and are now number 3, after all...

Dave K



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  Re: Break Out the Cristal (trickle-down economics explained with champagne!)
 
(...) I'm not here (in this thread) to assert that we're the very best. It's just clear to me that some countries *are* better than others. I gave an example of a country that's clearly toward the bottom so that there could be no quibbling about the (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Break Out the Cristal (trickle-down economics explained with champagne!)
 
(...) Quality of life that they delliver to their citizens, and, more importantly, that they're likely to deliver to their citizens in future. It's not about size, it's not about population, it's not about military might, it's not about resources, (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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