>This is going nowhere. Private sector greed is justified. Public sector >spending is not. No. Neither is 'justified', but with one I have a choice as to whether to participate, on the other, I DON'T. >You won, end of discussion for me. Whoopee!, Yeaa HAW!!!! WOOOOOOOO. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! The great Amago has admitted [mock] defeat in a two-sided argument. >I don't get your last statement, though. The U.S. is a third world >country because of ... ? I'm equating "social services being eliminated" with "USA" and your admonishment for me to 'take a look at a third world country. IN the grand scheme of things, I don't think America rates very high on the 'social services' ladder. My question was... is THE USA a third world country? I'll change it to "is the USA in danger of BECOMING a third world country?" singing along to Devo, p ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html