>>>>> "R" == R A Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com> writes:
R> At 9:34 PM -0700 on 9/20/02, Mr. FoRK wrote:
>> "Free trade and free markets have proven their ability to lift
>> whole societies out of poverty" I'm not a
>> socio-political/history buff - does anybody have some clear
>> examples?
R> You're probably living in one, or you wouldn't be able to post
R> here.
Cool --- I wasn't aware that the US had lifted it's population out of
poverty!  When did this happen?  I wonder where the media gets the
idea that the wealth gap is widening and deepening...
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> That always amazes me about 'regular' dreams - how often they come true.
In 1993 or so, when I was a student in Edinburgh, I had a bad dream about
being chased around a house by a scary murderous tramp who was carrying a
bag full of half-penny coins (which had long since ceased to be legal
tender). The next morning as I left the flat, I found a half-penny on the
doormat right outside our door. Fair gave me the willies, that did.